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You may begin to imagine its genome as an instruction manual for an exquisite piece of nanotechnology crafted by some alien civilization.
Carl Zimmer • Microcosm: E. coli and the New Science of Life
In The Wizard and the Prophet, Lynn Margulis is indeed quoted as comparing humans to bacteria in a petri dish, warning that humanity could overrun the planet and exhaust its resources, leading to collapse. Charles C. Mann opens the book with a quote from Margulis, whom he admires as “one of the most important biologists in the last half century,”
... See moreTo discover the essence of generous design, she suggests that we take nature as our model, measure and mentor. With nature as model, we can study and mimic life’s cyclical processes of take and give, death and renewal, in which one creature’s waste becomes another’s food. As measure, nature sets the ecological standard by which to judge the
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Zach Bush on The Interconnectedness of Life and Health
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In this I am calling upon Aristotle, who described entelechy as a finality or cause that is possessed within and unto itself.154 Aristotle’s primary example of entelechy was that of the seed: a seed’s potential and eventual plantness is encoded within that very seed. The seed is both a cause and a final outcome, and its becoming a plant represents
... See moreMelanie Yergeau • Authoring Autism
Bateson, Gregory. Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity. Cresskill, N.J.: Hampton Press, 2002.
Steven Johnson • Where Good Ideas Come From
as Nagel predicted. But there is value and glory in the striving. On this journey through nature’s Umwelten, our intuitions will be our biggest liabilities, and our imaginations will be our greatest assets.