See also "What Bodies Think About: Bioelectric Computation Outside the Nervous System" (youtube.com)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18736698
Michael Levin's lab are uncovering the physical scientific basis for what a lot of people have always known: life thinks.
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Now then,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_and_Thou
> Buber's main proposition is that we may address existence in two ways:
> 1. The attitude of the "I" towards an "It", towards an object that is separate in itself, which we either use or experience.
> 2. The attitude of the "I" towards "Thou", in a relationship in which the other is not separated by discrete bounds.
We need to learn to relate to Nature as I-Thou (not I-It.) The vast majority of our problem right now is our divorce from Nature and our attempt to relate to Her as I-It.
The good news is that it's fun and easy to return to Nature (and, as Geoff Lawton says, "You can solve all the world's problems in a garden.)
I recommend Toby Hemenway's (RIP) videos: http://tobyhemenway.com/videos/ esp. "How Permaculture Can Save Humanity and the Planet – But Not Civilization" and "Redesigning Civilization with Permaculture".
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18736698
Michael Levin's lab are uncovering the physical scientific basis for what a lot of people have always known: life thinks.
- - - -
Now then,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_and_Thou
> Buber's main proposition is that we may address existence in two ways:
> 1. The attitude of the "I" towards an "It", towards an object that is separate in itself, which we either use or experience.
> 2. The attitude of the "I" towards "Thou", in a relationship in which the other is not separated by discrete bounds.
We need to learn to relate to Nature as I-Thou (not I-It.) The vast majority of our problem right now is our divorce from Nature and our attempt to relate to Her as I-It.
The good news is that it's fun and easy to return to Nature (and, as Geoff Lawton says, "You can solve all the world's problems in a garden.)
I recommend Toby Hemenway's (RIP) videos: http://tobyhemenway.com/videos/ esp. "How Permaculture Can Save Humanity and the Planet – But Not Civilization" and "Redesigning Civilization with Permaculture".