Comments on: Living on Borrowed Land

By: Monica Ray

Monica Ray — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:42:52 +0000

Very interesting article, it reminds me about how vulnerable we are as humans. A study of geology alone shows us that the planet is constantly changing and that the shifting of the earth is beyond our control or really even our ability to predict.

By: GeorgeJ

GeorgeJ — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:57:49 +0000

I could have sworn that a few days ago Inciweb wrote that it was “decades-old” brush burning, but today they’re saying “decadent old growth brush.” Hmm.

Right-on for invoking McPhee; his complete works are worth owning, including the somewhat redundant Annals of the Former World.

By: The fires this time- having the luxury of a distant perspective « Blissful Ignorance

Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:33:23 +0000

[...] friend and not too distant neighbor Doc Searls posted a geological outlook on the ecosystem here in fire plagued California. And he looks both past and [...]

By: Doc Searls

Doc Searls — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:04:57 +0000

Thanks, Roland. I’ve had trouble getting comments up and making changes to the post, so I don’t have you credited yet, but I will. Thanks for bringing up McPhee. I’ve read nearly all his books, and “The Control of Nature” has to be among the best of his best. (And none are anything less than that. He’s so freaking good.)

By: Ed Skinner

Ed Skinner — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 00:11:59 +0000

Are we truly so arrogant as to think that humans are the penultimate evolutionary accomplishment of the planet Earth?
Of course we’re polluting the planet. And when plants started, there was little free oxygen in the atmosphere. They polluted it with oxygen … to our benefit.
And now it’s our turn to prepare the way for what will arise next.
I’m with Professor Falken (War Games character); I favor the bees or, more likely, what they evolve into.

By: Doc Searls

Doc Searls — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 22:00:18 +0000

Thanks, Roland. I’ve had trouble getting comments up and changes to the post, so I don’t have you credited yet, but I will. Thanks for bringing up McPHee.

By: InBerkeley » What did we learn from the fire of 1991?

InBerkeley » What did we learn from the fire of 1991? — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 14:27:06 +0000

[...] Cluetrain author and Harvard researcher Doc Searls. We wanted Doc on the show because he provides broad coverage of the fires in Southern California, from the vantage point of his home in the hills [...]

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:46:50 +0000

great post – sure hope your bet is wrong – sure need some long view risk taking leadership given the high degree of faith in the famous last seven words of all those resistent to change place in the mantra — “Thats the way we’ve always done it” –

By: Daily Digest as of 11:16pm for 2009.09.01 -blog.px

Daily Digest as of 11:16pm for 2009.09.01 -blog.px — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 06:18:24 +0000

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By: Not John McPhee

Not John McPhee — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:45:34 +0000

My favorite John McPhee book is anything by John McPhee. Failing that, most things about John McPhee also work well.