Samuel’s Site

This picture relates to the quote because it is a picture of wood that does not have fungus on it. According to the book, wood without fungus is considered to be rare. Sheldrake, Merlin. Entangled Life. Random House, May 12, 2020. Page 178.

Biodiversity in Crisis “This past year saw several big-picture studies identifying the extinction risk of large groups of species, and the news wasn’t good. One-third of shark species, the studies found, are threatened, as are 30 percent of all trees, half of all turtles, 16 per cent of dragonflies and damselflies,…

The predator/prey mindset is men thinking they can take advantage of women because of their preconceived roles in society which is that the man is the strong, assertive leader that takes action and the woman is supposed to be a submissive follower of the man. This reinforces the stereotype that…

Chen is trying to make the argument that even people with the most radical ideas are still human at the end of the day. In this case, Megan is the person that Chen is humanizing. This essay shows how people are born into certain belief systems and how it’s hard…

I think Turkle is right that our reliance on digital communication has had an impact on our abilities to empathize however, I don’t think empathy has been completely lost. I have conversations with people every day and we discuss our issues and actually listen to one another. But on the…