Living on the Real World
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Blogging by the numbers: 5-0-247.
Social media are widely understood to provide extraordinary new opportunities for connecting people and sustaining conversation and dialog. This is...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Scientists and society: the social contract redux.
Some months ago, the folks at AGU were kind enough to invite me to write an opinion for Eos.org, reflecting...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Valentine’s Day reflection for Earth scientists
“Out of the heart, the mouth speaks.” – Jesus (Matthew 12:34) “Love doesn’t erase the past, but it makes the...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
SB=IA as a guide for US investments in science. Annotations.
Last week’s LOTRW post introduced a new “equation[1],” reproduced here: (SOCIETAL BENEFIT)i = INNOVATION x APPLICATION A subsequent post will...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
U.S. “policy for science” … and a (possibly) new “equation” to focus minds.
Science policy analysts usually distinguish between “science for policy” and “policy for science.” The former denotes a unique role of...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Is there an echo in here?
The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Climate Change? Anthropologists weigh in.
LOTRW readers may remember earlier posts referring to a four-volume report on Human Choice and Climate Change, Springer (1998) edited...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
WxGeeks. A serious voice in a vital national conversation.
WxGeeks. The name for this weekly offering of The Weather Channel has a lighthearted, slangy feel, but don’t be fooled....
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Want to reduce weather hype, weather blame? Then build weather resilience.
The term “news cycle” connotes coverage of an event, followed by reporting on reactions to the earlier reports by prominent...
Living on the Real World, Perspectives
Schumpeter’s gale.
A victim of Schumpeter’s Gale… ...
