"The real problem of humanity is the following: we have paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology" — E. O. Wilson, 2009
Quality quote.
E.O. Wilson has died
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#12RadioLab did do a very nice ~20 minute bit on E.O. Wilson, it's just a conversation on stage (so it's not overproduced and chopped up with weird sounds like RL stuff can be): https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/91867... Just sharing because I really liked this, he comes across as a really lovely man.
"He was so kind & supportive of my work when I was a student—I kept an email he sent me as a postdoc that was v encouraging, it was like a pep talk I would read & re-read in tough times!" https://twitter.com/JessicaLWareLab/status/14754258439629578...
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#14Never heard of E.O. Wilson before now, but his work sounds fascinating. Anyone have any suggestions on how to break into his stuff? Sounds like he has 30 or so books, is "On Human Nature" a good start?
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#15This weekend we also saw the loss of Tom Lovejoy, one of the most important conservation biologists of the last century.
https://news.mongabay.com/2021/12/tom-lovejoy-prominent-cons...
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#16"The real problem of humanity is the following: we have paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and god-like technology" — E. O. Wilson, 2009
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#17Legend. Ants. Bees. Learning. The essence of science.
He came up in casual conversation yesterday, re science and learning math, as well as how tough learning math can be once you're older. (He famously attempted to learn calculus in his 30s, and had a struggle, despite already being a Harvard professor, and world-class scientist)
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#18"If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos."
— Edward O. Wilson
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#19I was just listening to an interview with him on Vox Conversations yesterday, that's so sad to hear. "EO Wilson's Plan to Save the World" is well worth listening to. RSS: http://feeds.megaphone.fm/theezrakleinshow
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#20"If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos." — Edward O. Wilson
Both scenarios would cause upheaval, and I'm not sure what he means by a "rich state of equilibrium".