On placebos and care. I attended a wonderfully creative gathering of scientists thanks to the Santa Fe Institute recently, where we briefly discussed the placebo effect. The shorthand definition for placebo is that it’s a substance that has no therapeutic effect, but really it is a substance that is not designed to have a therapeutic effect. […]
Some ideas are easier to accept from plants than from humans. For example, the idea that prickly, painful things can be beautiful and worthy and maybe even beloved. We just need to take a little care, leave a little room. Stop stomping around like it’s all about us. Friends, I’m out in the desert today, […]
Welcome to our fall graphics series! This week’s wisdom: TENDING is greater than TAKING. There is no good harvest without care.