Dr. Nicole Morgan, CACOR Board of Directors, explains: There are many types of genocides. I tentatively named this one inside-genocide, the silent one all the more lethal that is brought by good intentions. The most striking example can be found among the the inhabitants of the Pacific Islands, with some of the highest levels of […]
A message from Rachel Carson for America in 2018
Dr. John Hollins, past Chair CACOR Board, adapted a CACOR-Discussion posting by Dr. Nicole M0rgan, 2018-09-05 What would it take to really make America great again? A message from Rachel Carson for America in 2018 * Rachel Carson (1907 – 1964) was an American marine biologist who wrote a book in 1962 entitled “Silent […]
The Coming Crime Wars
Future conflicts will mostly be waged by drug cartels, mafia groups, gangs, and terrorists. It is time to rethink our rules of engagement. Wars are on the rebound. There are twice as many civil conflicts today, for example, as there were in 2001. And the number of nonstate armed groups participating in the bloodshed is multiplying. According to the International […]
TThe Tragedy of the Commons: How Elinor Ostrom Solved One of Life’s Greatest Dilemmas
The design principles for solving the tragedy of the commons can be applied to all groups As an evolutionary biologist who received my PhD in 1975, I grew up with Garrett Hardin’s essay “The Tragedy of the Commons,” published in Science magazine in 1968. His parable of villagers adding too many cows to their common pasture captured […]
Governance Reform: Different Thinking
Governance Reform: By David Dougherty: Different Thinking That May Get Us Out of the Mess We’ve Created T. David Dougherty, B.Sc., M.E.Des. Retired Environmental Scientist April 2018 Human societies have evolved greatly in the last few thousand years. We used to live in small tribes—where all were related and everyone had common interests—in which there […]