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The biophilia hypothesis is the belief that humans are genetically predisposed to be attracted to nature. It states that all humans inherently love the natural world.
This idea that we are drawn to and need nature was first put forth by a man named Edward O. Wilson in his book, Biophilia , published in 1984.
The idea that humans have an innate love a... See more
This idea that we are drawn to and need nature was first put forth by a man named Edward O. Wilson in his book, Biophilia , published in 1984.
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Understanding the Biophilia Hypothesis
We still need to live in some sort of recognition that humans can't hive themselves off into cities and pretend that nature happens outside the city, and inside the city is some fantastically controlled biome over which humans have dominion. That's not the way that the planet or ecology works.
Matthew J. Haugen • Interview: Raj Patel on agroecology, reparative approaches, and land reform
We live in a mega-scale corporate capitalist economy, and in such a setting technology is never used to save time.
Brett Scott • Tech Doesn’t Make Our Lives Easier. It Makes Them Faster
In a casual aside, Duke sociologist Keiran Healy offered a simple but terrifying observation.*
Culture has changed fundamentally.
It used to be the ballast of our world.
Now it creates chaos.
Culture has changed fundamentally.
It used to be the ballast of our world.
Now it creates chaos.
What if culture is the problem?
One of these is expanding our perception of 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. For example, one study reports that when people are inquired how long they have been walking in natural or urban settings, they tend to overestimate the time spent strolling in nature, but not in the city. In other words, time feels longer when we are immersed in natural
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Maybe Slow-Fi makes its so we are more intentional, more grounded, more tethered, more invested, more attentive, more open, more inquistive and more exploratory with how we use, manage and operate our "Financial Wealth" artifacts (with the other artifacts being Tradeable, Measurable, Rankable, Nameable and Polymorphic) - and that it makes us much m
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