Most of this book is content to document the history of mind-body medicine without asking about efficacy. The story at the beginning and the list of “bodies behaving badly” at the end are interesting examples:1. Children (even with their physical … Continue reading →

This was a good book to follow the other recent reads. Toulmin says we don’t want a science that is based on the expectation of universal truth (and subliminally on controlling the populace). The question then is, what tool do … Continue reading →

Photo/Compassion in World Farming This Thanksgiving pause for a moment to give thanks not just for the food but to the brave men and women who produced it. They risk life and limb to put that turkey or ham on … Continue reading →

…with similar sensibilities for future reference. Christina Seely’s class at the CCA seems to be building a new sensibility simply be piecing together scraps from artists, thinkers, designers and engineers on the blog Metro Nature. The result is an aesthetic … Continue reading →

I was hoping this book (by Fritjof Capra who wrote The Tao of Physics) would describe a more humane form of science, one that does not forget richness and complexity as it travels down its reductive rabbit holes. Which seems … Continue reading →

My latest piece. So far most of the health care debate has been over quantity: how much care delivered to how many people. It looks to me like quality may be more important. Also, if you are a man (or … Continue reading →

I read this book, by Stephen Toulmin, in search of direction for thinking about this whole man v. nature thing. I’m finding that it’s the history that’s most useful for me – as usual it’s not enough to have the … Continue reading →

I’m reading Fitjof Capra’s book on Leonardo da Vinci, which, as far as I can tell so far makes the case that Leonardo was a great “systems” scientist – the emerging field that embraces nature’s messiness and looks for patterns … Continue reading →