The question Philip K. Dick posed in 1968 was never really about sheep.
It was about the ineffable thing that separates life from simulation, consciousness from computation, being from seeming. In his dystopian San Francisco, where nuclear fallout had rendered authentic animals nearly extinct, owning a real sheep...
The question of whether Christianity can become genuinely "green" forces us into uncomfortable theological and philosophical territory. It requires confronting not merely lapses in practice but potential flaws in foundational doctrine, while simultaneously excavating buried wisdom that mainstream Christianity has systematically suppressed. The tension between recovering lost...
*An ABC Australia report on Moltbook (February 2026) and the ensuing security coverage is the spark for this commentary—because beneath the memes is a serious preview of where “agentic AI” is heading.*¹ - Kevin Parker - Site Publisher
Moltbook arrived like a prank from the near future: a...
Earth’s poles—vast, fragile, warming fast—anchor global climate. Indigenous wisdom, science, and cooperation are key to preserving these icy wildernesses.
The Permian competition tightens: pruning, agentic browsers, and the energy bill becomes law.
February 2026 doesn’t feel like a month of flashy invention. It feels like a month of selection.
Not the Cambrian chaos of 2025—new architectures every week, new “god models” proclaimed hourly—but the colder logic of the...
The digital landscape of the mid-2020s is defined not by the information it provides, but by the relentless competition for the human focus that consumes it. This essay explores the phenomenon commonly termed "social media addiction," examining the delicate balance between the profound social utility of these...
We are animals built for the wild, yet we live in a state of profound containment.
The glow of the screen is our new sunrise. The air we breathe is conditioned, recycled, and sealed inside enclosures where we spend, by some estimates, more than 90 percent of our...
1. Historical Baseline
Pre-1750 Wilderness Extent
The tiger's roar echoed through sal forests stretching from the Brahmaputra to the Indus, a distance of 3,000 kilometers unbroken by any major human settlement. In 1750, the Indian subcontinent's 4.4 million square kilometers contained 80% wilderness—dense forests, vast grasslands, and wetlands supporting...
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The Fading Echo of a Wilder Europe
Europe, to the modern eye, is a continent of profound human influence. Its landscapes are a mosaic of ancient cities, manicured fields, and managed forests, a testament to...
“Active Hope is waking up to the beauty of life on whose behalf we can act. We belong to this world.” Joanna Macy
Although our paths never crossed, the life and work and work of Joanna Macy have been a significant influence on my own activism and impulse...
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