Monthly Archives: March 2016

Actual conversation this morning between an anonymous atmospheric scientist and an intelligent, educated, cheery layperson in his life (also unnamed) but she-on-whom-his-sun-rises-and-sets, as they walked outside to the car: He: This winter was warmer than usual.                                                                                     She (upbeat): Global warming!                                                                                                       He … Continue reading →

“The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is our only hope.” – Wendell Berry “I am aware … Continue reading →

“In the end, more than freedom, they wanted security. They wanted a comfortable life, and they lost it all – security, comfort, and freedom. When the Athenians finally wanted not to give to society but for society to give to … Continue reading →

Four seismic shifts are underway that will combine to make Earth information increasingly valuable – unimaginably more valuable – over the coming two decades. Unless they don’t. Today we look at the four drivers of this increased value. Two are … Continue reading →

“I can feel guilty about the past, apprehensive about the future, but only in the present can I act. The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.” – Abraham Maslow[1] “Let people realize … Continue reading →

“In the spring a young economist’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of… valuation.”  “Valuations are nothing, but Valuation is everything.” (with apologies all around, but especially to Alfred Lord Tennyson and Dwight David Eisenhower.) We’re told that today is the … Continue reading →

“Suppose you’re running a widget factory. You can measure, very quickly, whether a man [sic] is working effectively or not by the number of widgets he’s making hour-by-hour, or day-by-day, and what you see him doing at the widget machine. … Continue reading →

Seven weeks have passed since the previous LOTRW post. For the world’s billions, life has gone on. LOTRW’s silence has prompted no notice, no public outcry. The sun has continued to rise in the east. Here in the United States, … Continue reading →