Cultivation

"They travel between the stars in immense living ships, and send down smaller ships as shuttles and to plant living communities." Octavia Butler wrote these words in her Xenogenesis  trilogy (later collected as Lilith's Brood ), describing the Oankali—genetic traders who voyage through space not in metal vessels but in living organisms engineered to sustain themselves across the void. The Oankali's ships are more than transportation: they are symbiotic ecosystems, self-healin

Can Buddhism Drive Innovation? When the Buddha experienced back pain and dysentery, he didn't achieve enlightenment by refusing treatment—he simply didn't cling to the outcome. But would a society of enlightened beings have invented the treatments to back pain and dysentery in the first place? The Question No One Asks We're told that Buddhism is compatible with science. The Dalai Lama dialogues with neuroscientists. Matthieu Ricard, a molecular biologist turned monk, runs hum

The Blueprint Three Visions of Biologically Grown Infrastructure Living Shelters: Architecture as Organism The convergence of bioelectric morphogenesis and computational ecological design enables a radical reimagining of human shelter—not as dead structures imposed upon landscapes but as living systems that grow themselves into habitable form. By integrating Mike Levin's TAME (Technological Approach to Mind Everywhere) principles with multi-species consortia, we can program b

In an era where moral certainty seems increasingly elusive, a compelling question emerges: Can ethical behavior truly flourish without...

The Initial Provocation If a Super-Compassionate Super-Intelligence existed and was approached by a council including figures like Yoshua...

Nearly a century has passed since Reinhold Niebuhr penned his devastating analysis of human nature and social organization in "Moral Man...

"In a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible."  — Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel When Israel's Own Security Leaders Speak...

I do not think it is possible to strip the discovery of new knowledge from the cultural and political context of which emerges, and I do...

https://dharmawisdom.org/the-hearts-intention/ This article by Phillip Moffitt distinguishes between goal-making and intention-setting as...