Today's newsletter is a shorter, simpler read, on war-grief.
Specifically, it's a reflection with the help of poetry and science fiction, on how humans endure those times when evolutionary processes cannot keep up with the threat of global catastrophe—either from natural causes, or of our own creation.
Grief affirms our desire to rise above biology.
It is a strength, not a weakness, even in hard times.
#Humanism #Poetry #Literature #Grief #War
https://open.substack.com/pub/mlclark/p/there-will-come-soft-rains
@MLClark
Thoroughly enjoyed that.
I often say that big brains and opposable thumbs are looking like an evolutionary dead end. In this piece you provide the rejoinder, "unless we decide otherwise"
Mornin'!
Morning, Brent!
Thanks for reading. Fingers crossed we can avoid that dead end. Opposable thumbs certainly have a lot to answer for, though!
Ah, the panda's a fun one! 😊
Its "thumb" is an outgrowth of its wrist, a sixth pseudo-digit that balances utility for manipulation tasks with the needs of a creature that also walks on four legs. It's less a matter of the thumb "wearing out" if it were more advanced, and more a matter of dual functionality.
Thanks for fun aside, Daniel! :) #PandaFacts