Science Wednesday! Todays bit of scientific food for thought is a TED Talk from the acclaimed Jared Diamond offering a glimpse into his notion of how societys choose to collapse (which is detailed in his book with the rather obvious title: COLLAPSE). Of course the big question in the subtext of a lecture like this is are WE choosing collapse? That question cant even be approached without determining who we is, of course, which is actually quite tricky. In my case, is my society America? California? The composer community? The music industry in general? Some subset of either, like Los Angeles-based composers? Or far more broad like humanity itself? Whats interesting is that subset populations collapsing can actually be a catalyst to full-blown collapse, so those definitions are actually quite important. I highly recommend both Diamonds COLLAPSE and its mirror, the truly excellent GUNS, GERMS AND STEEL. Based on his points in the TED talk, what can we do to encourage flourishing and success? https://youtube/watch?v=IESYMFtLIis
Posted on: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 17:00:01 +0000
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