by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Feb 22, 2018 | Uncategorized
I just came upon a great little app/website Are Men Talking Too Much? that is a simple and humorous counter that allows tracking the gender of the person speaking in a meeting. I like this because I am prone to talk too much, and over the years, through great effort,...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Jan 26, 2018 | beyond idealism, beyond liberalism, Communication, Systems thinking, the real
There’s this popular pro-science YouTube video. I like it–it’s bold, brash, and has good knock-down arguments. It also espouses a defensive attitude against stances which I too find abhorrent. There’s only one problem with it. It’s wrong....
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Jan 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Washington Post’s alarming story about teenagers intentionally imbibing Tide detergent “pods” (or “pacs”) due to dares by other teenagers, is not a story about teenagers being dumb, but really one about faulty design. The increasing...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Dec 20, 2017 | death, Discursive Gap, folly, Industrial Epidemics, normalization, Oil Barons, pollution, Side-effects, Syndemics, Systems thinking, Uncategorized
I recently published an article in Berkeley’s newspaper, Berkeleyside, about the incessant overhead air traffic, and how this likely is causing significant public health effects. Here’s the evidence base: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25332277...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Nov 26, 2017 | Uncategorized
I am very pleased to announce that the Eighteenth Annual Biosemiotics Gathering will take place at the University of California Berkeley’s elegant International House grand auditorium June 17-20, 2018. On behalf of the Organizing Committee, Terry Deacon and...