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The promise of biocentrism.

Life creates the universe.

How to change the subject.

Reinventing in the kitchen.

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A comment on Conversation: How will you take part in JR's TED Prize wish?

Mar 10 2011: Using a mix of the roof painting idea and the 'hidden photo' method--that worked to gradually reveal images when exposed to dust particles--I'd like to paint a series of building rooftops, in white, at city block scale, to form a series of giant 'footprints in the sky' all across the US--to start a public discussion about collective responsibility and climate change.
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A comment on Conversation: How do you envision "Biomimicry" will change our future?

Mar 9 2011: There are examples throughout human history of societies that approached life in a fundamentally harmonious way. Some still exist today. This is not just a technological question, it's also an important philosophical one. Biomimicry offers this generation of solution-seekers many exciting opportunities -- some are discussed here. But unless we wrestle with questions that threaten our self-conception along the way, the goal of reaching harmony with nature -- or rather understanding ourselves as part of nature may prove difficult. And without a new (or perhaps old) narrative about the purpose of human life on the tips of each tongue, biomimicry may not realize it's full potential, and neither might we. Make new systems but live by old values. Biomimicry is meme.