Safety Is The Last Refuge Of The

No One Escapes From Life Alive.

The Greatest Challenge Facing Mankind Is The Challenge Of Distinguishing Reality From Fantasy, Truth From Propaganda.

Considering That We Live In An Era Of Evolutionary Everything---evolutionary Biology, Evolutionary Medicine, Evolutionary Ecology, Evolutionary Psychology, Evolutionary Economics, Evolutionary Computing---it Was Surprising How Rarely People Thought In Evolutionary Terms. It Was A Human Blind Spot. We Look At The World Around Us As A Snapshot When It Was Really A Movie, Constantly Changing.

This Fascination With Computer Models Is Something I Understand Very Well. Richard Feynmann Called It A Disease. I Fear He Is Right.

Grant Knew That People Could Not Imagine Geological Time. Human Life Was Lived On Another Scale Of Time Entirely. An Apple Turned Brown In A Few Minutes. Silverware Turned Black In A Few Days. A Compost Heap Decayed In A Season. A Child Grew Up In A Decade. None Of These Everyday Human Experiences Prepared People To Be Able To Imagine The Meaning Of Eighty Million Years - The Length Of Time That Had Passed Since This Little Animal Had Died.