Living on the Real World
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Everyone a problem solver!
If 2 are powerful, just think what 233 can do.[1] Often when the conversation turns to the world’s problems, it...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Social science can be more than a spectator sport.
In the previous post, we noted a near-universal tendency to divide people into different categories of “we” and “they.” This...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Inclusive policies? Inclusion starts with 2.
9 Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: 10 If either of them...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Kumbaya? Maybe…we really need to sing it. All of us. Together.
What kind of world is likely if we take no deliberate action? Easy to see. A whole bunch of people...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Diplomatic Wikileaks? University of East Anglia’s CRU on the Big Screen
For the past few days, media have been agog with the latest revelations from Wikileaks: about a quarter-million diplomatic e-mails...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Living Well on the Real World? Public education in Earth science holds the key.
Early in the Bush administration, sometime during the winter of 2001-2002, I got to sit in on a remarkable conversation....
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Getting out the science message? Journalists need readers, viewers, hearers.
“full many a flower is born to blush unseen, and waste its sweetness on the desert air…” Thomas Gray (1716-1771)...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Getting out the science message? Custer’s scouts had it right at the Little Bighorn
Roger Caiazza provided a thoughtful comment to the last post. Roger first asks: “In your first paragraph you state that...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Getting out the Science Message
Environmental scientists are growing increasingly worried about their findings, and see urgent need for more-concerted public action. In fact, their...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
The Fourth Estate…now tending to Estate 3.5?
Conservatism is in these days, so perhaps it’s a good time to reflect on one of the many contributions of...
