We humans are of the belief that we are inventing somethings new, creating more from an original state of less, ‘creating’ things and ideas that have never existed before. (See “Technology and Humanity”.) We are bamboozled by the idea of information traveling at the speed of light, of telephones which we can transport with us into the jungle, of recording one source of information while we’re engaged in something else, or of Continue Reading
The Incredible Human Journey
Last evening my husband and I watched “The Incredible Human Journey”, a BBC documentary hosted eloquently by physician and anthropologist Dr. Anita Roberts. What struck me most - as I reflected on what I watched - was the hypothesis presented as to why Neanderthals became extinct and Homo Sapiens have survived until present day. Homo Sapiens - unlike Neanderthals, 1). developed symbolic expression through art and Continue Reading