Thank you so much for this. Not only is it fascinating and educational, but very hopeful (from a few hundred breeding females to us today, through incredible resilience!). I can't wait for the next installment. Best - John
Thanks John, hopefully our species doesn’t let things get that dire again, but it gives me some hope that we have it in us turn things around when we really need to.
Fantastic read, almost lost me at the “pairs of breeding females”, may need to spruce up feminist sensibilities. Food, history, whales and elephants talking, archaeology, wine and seafood. It’s got the lot.
There’s this theory called “the doctrine of signatures”, in essence it means if you study the form of something from the natural world, you’ll see the signals telling us what it’s good for. Think walnuts/brain, I’m wondering about this snail and the brain.
All very interesting, I look forward to your next piece.
Nick,
Thank you so much for this. Not only is it fascinating and educational, but very hopeful (from a few hundred breeding females to us today, through incredible resilience!). I can't wait for the next installment. Best - John
Thanks John, hopefully our species doesn’t let things get that dire again, but it gives me some hope that we have it in us turn things around when we really need to.
Fantastic read, almost lost me at the “pairs of breeding females”, may need to spruce up feminist sensibilities. Food, history, whales and elephants talking, archaeology, wine and seafood. It’s got the lot.
There’s this theory called “the doctrine of signatures”, in essence it means if you study the form of something from the natural world, you’ll see the signals telling us what it’s good for. Think walnuts/brain, I’m wondering about this snail and the brain.
All very interesting, I look forward to your next piece.
Fascinating read and what an experience