by Carter Phipps | Apr 18, 2013 | General, Posts
It’s been a double dose of disaster the last few days, watching events unfold from Boston to Washington. First the horror at the Boston marathon, and then the decision by the highest deliberative body in the land to shuck all reason and abandon responsibility for...
by Carter Phipps | Feb 15, 2013 | General, Posts
Below are five questions and answers with philosopher, author, and the co-founder of the Institute of Cultural Evolution, Steve McIntosh. Why did you write Evolution’s Purpose? After my first book, Integral Consciousness, came out in 2007 I spent much of my...
by Carter Phipps | Nov 30, 2012 | General, Posts
I came of age in the early 1980s, so for me, like many in my generation, the Star Wars trilogy represented something more than a great series of movies. It was an archetypal drama, a modern mythology, as Joseph Campbell famously suggested, brought to life on the Big...
by Carter Phipps | Nov 19, 2012 | General, Posts
It has been almost two weeks since an important US presidential election, and there is a lot to reflect on. Some are talking about an historic change in the American electorate. Some are speaking of demographics. Some are telling us that America is still a polarized...
by Carter Phipps | Oct 9, 2012 | General, Posts
Since my blog is in the midst of a science theme right now, particularly with the posting of a review of Rupert Sheldrake’s new book recently, this week I decided to keep on the same subject. So here is a review of Martin Rees, From Here to Infinity. Rees is a...
by Carter Phipps | Sep 18, 2012 | General, Posts
What would you conclude about a book named “The Science Delusion”? I suspect most would assume it was 1) a response to Richard Dawkins’ book, “The God Delusion” and 2) a religious attack on science. Rupert Sheldrake’s impressive new book is neither, (though he...