A remarkable insight in the study of complex systems is the importance of thinking in terms of dependencies or relationships. This is a key difference from reductionist approaches. Here I will discuss the concept of “relational properties” (properties that exist due to a relationship between something and something else), to distinguish them from properties of a […]
A statement on the scientific understanding of climate change and its consequences
This text has been reformatted for CACOR from the initial publication in the CMOS Bulletin by Dr. John Hollins, past Chair, Canadian Club of Rome. Original by the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society 1 (2019 August) o Human activity and natural causes o Earth’s climate—arising from the interaction of the atmosphere, ocean, ice, land […]
Will Modern Civilization be the Death of Us?
These two webinars may be of interest: Will Modern Civilization be the Death of Us? Envisioning Tomorrow’s Earth A Special Zoom Webinar. Sponsored by: Institute on Religion in an Age of Science. https://www.iras.org/ Dates: Monday, June 29, and Tuesday, June 30, 2020 Time: 5:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time. 11:00 PM European Summer Time Register: Be sure to register […]
The Politics of Natural Disasters by Daniel Aldrich
This paper was published in June 2012, well prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. This summary quote is lengthy, very academic, and insightful. Mentally extending the findings stated below to our current global health disaster and future global warming disasters is useful as it implies realtime and future reaction at many societal levels. Art Hunter, CACOR […]
Ted Manning, Wednesday Zoom Series, 2020-06-10
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