Mass extinction

The history of our planet includes at least five mass extinction events, the last of which decreased earth’s biodiversity by more than 75 percent and wiped out the dinosaurs. Now, biologists say, we’re on the cusp of another one. Earth is heating up, insects are disappearing and there’s a been a five-alarm decrease in speciation. There was orchestral music on the sloping deck of the Titanic. Today’s tune, lustily sung: Business as usual.

Coming to our senses

It is not so hard, not thinking.

We have five senses. So we employ one of them—sight, let us say.

We observe our surroundings without comment or judgement. We do not interpret or assess what we see.

Bingo!

Cryogenics

Fear says, “Save yourself for later.”

Which is fine except there is no ‘later.’

Now is all. Fear exists to make that plain.