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[Not very much, let's see what will fit into this frame.]
1. We don't think therefore we are not for long (evolution, climate change, growth economics ...).
![Euclid 1-5 Pons Asinorum. Euclid 1-5 Pons Asinorum.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ5ie_69VVqJmi2l0IcjA_ZTSN7IAXhO_eKwB5cAyI4YoQ-20K2Mnc1m4FDVrHOtP0zSZELBwn9-dfsSJVCeIC7okEMcshX5spvFPCoTdoviBAZJ1gZi-AEoKQM2zjn28m9yvvqcdtNcU/s200/Euclid+1-5+Pons+Asinorum+t.jpg)
![Three (more) graces. Three (more) graces.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsoFmcUgFr3rsISekH28dfZM6Qar9cg_baUpS9Pb14vD-Qq1JlGPUhBG1zTevTai9aibkJIWmUl9Jl8ZWJXesP-X_e6VcrVaA0QR0p0HvdTmbLoysloHlZifMNyYephi3PhGAXFVx5b_I/s320/girls+three+graces+tt.jpg)
Measures of inequality.
Where are Lewere? Kurchi? Yida?
[Units: 1 metric ton/tonne (t) = 1,000 kilograms = 2,205 pounds, ton = 2,000 pounds, or 2,240 in the UK; 1 t Carbon Equivalent (CE) = 3.667 t of Carbon Dioxide equivalent (CO2e); 1 t CO2e = 0.2727 t CE. I understand CO2e as a clarifying, simplifying, way of including other greenhouse gasses in one number, but ... Why do we need CE exactly? Was it invented by someone at the UN?]
A ratio of carbon footprints of 50:1 - in 2007 CO2e, Bangladesh 0.3, Canada 16.4 (Ethiopia even less at 0.1 or 100 kilograms, annually) - ok; but consider a minimum economic footprint or per capita daily cost of living (survival) ratio of 100:1 - Bangladesh 0.50 Canada 50.00 (not quite guesses) - nevermind the stress & insecurity of living on even $3 a day (salário mínimo in 2012 Brazil 622R$ per month = ~300$ CDN).
It's the economy that drives the carbon isn't it? And the Antonov bombers in Sudan?
![Lewere, Sudan. Lewere, Sudan.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4pUTCLy2ASBpuUBNunhSqgI4vlaoaR_wUyb2CU2FVKbJ490FhtqL8OHIWS2V4r_7hHTMmwdO9nbTHpIsN7EyXoaH1QybilOrkGo5P1MXN_94CnflNFEQMf2AW1kqS1THhxl-MErqb2bI/s200/Nuba+03at+Lewere+2011+Tyler+Hicks.jpg)
![Lewere, Sudan. Lewere, Sudan.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLjH4FqnS7wzMXcFlW8cd1YPKlhay8c9vY85AO7T0ZWYI3cHUAS8xv5yIgUEUlewNpVDYjdu7LM1hgLnAjpGcwgpmdLHjio4drlaSuw-vXCuZebOmShLLNemk6Xgcz4EZQqI3DgmFJVPs/s200/Nuba+03bt+Lewere+2011+Tyler+Hicks.jpg)
![Lewere, Sudan. Lewere, Sudan.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUD-ilbDOniplx7oYnFJAv-JqJeaqAfpiEciKnZZAdjQyGq_15Tb-cvjww9rFh1P8n-hSHVmy26UQxl52i1T2MeWjeXmQ21Q62PZjJChSa6-GUxEpCCLOLF026YCyk7_L6-HLjt_gkaik/s200/Nuba+03ct+Lewere+2011+Tyler+Hicks.jpg)
![Kurchi, Sudan. Kurchi, Sudan.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKxzhk5lbCz-lpETvztFb3EgFzKc2BqKBnZTLlRmV39QW4w39v45rF6miTBOPZiXssSuKPicegWjlnp0UxYmL-qWOGPiMIJ1Wi8lq0YAfMV-RrP6ypyMb7_ZtoqFJL3dyaQsEkZaWL78Q/s200/Nuba+03dt+Kurchi+2011+Tyler+Hicks.jpg)
![Yida, Sudan. Yida, Sudan.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWEfz8m4Bc9ME9bYhmDvVFfK1ipAGK-kN6z70QK2S_WiLqauBNgVVgZL0LrwRNyZv2qRx9RahTClNuB-om0kt-ZhwFKNJ6q77m7TpgoxqRczjMQrJvygnBc1QLE5HCOf2Qzr6Oz43Od18/s200/Nuba+03et+Yida+2012+Tyler+Hicks.jpg)
![Yida, Sudan. Yida, Sudan.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHchMfKzi3aWjBRUViJhksagt5emBXt8GZ8VjJYGzO62Lb4wcieZq8X5x_sD6iTSDzIfouDZUL9AKWERz4qaT327MkscjxcyNfKlCk3zQligQ4PgRC-idXEvbsd02Frn-xQUkW-9R71Bw/s200/Nuba+03ft+Yida+2012+Tyler+Hicks.jpg)
![Yida, Sudan. Yida, Sudan.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPPNb-nMhyphenhyphenF48kwcpSy3bL_mB2q0xZUTX7VSA_9JAgcrIB2-RTsRGCZl90v_Zvj4T1nspCnlohyphenhyphenoWTM6AfO4g6veEyryJatx0UAQkdOZQB10fMn17wHuazoCF74m4XHLZmPND8R8N8FgE/s200/Nuba+03gt+Yida+2012+Paula+Bronstein.jpg)
![Yida, Sudan. Yida, Sudan.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFiI8OfcBmqq0gX0n12ByBjn45_CKXQshqGfT8hvQGLE6ta0BrYzHHmZ4B1odthBc6Xjw8fZoayEQDCdZzmyxFGs_OtmS8JOrIVdDTnPUnvTeyrw0CnuT3nLOV7c6RLJT2NMV-aTPxjto/s200/Nuba+03ht+Yida+2012+Paula+Bronstein.jpg)
![Yida, Sudan. Yida, Sudan.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHVHyh_NgJMwW4EmVFmj8z5rVpz4MKivqTz71U8UAkFF6kmMujDsYMgSse42M1zx6xxurmHBSgDa-xvYSvQclt6co4ClVs5m54eZLk7C3IL7FSXHM7Z3gyICP8x_RqUdrSeZDzKZ9ovsA/s200/Nuba+03it+Yida+2012+Paula+Bronstein.jpg)
I wonder how long the green between the shelters at Yida will last?
Here's something from the OED: 'apocalypse' revelation, disaster, cataclysm etc. via Latin apocalypsis from Greek ἀποκαλύπτειν to uncover, disclose, ἀπό off + καλύπτειν to cover; and 'discovery' taking off the cover, uncovering, via French from Latin.
So: if we take Hobbes' vision, 'brutish and short' etc. as something covered up with more-or-less imaginary pretence - the Golden Rule, the Rule of Law, diplomacy, bureaucracy - then what would it take to pop the lid? Maybe not very much - relatively minor hardships (from, say, an Ethiopian or Sudanese standpoint), fear, misinformation, inability to think ... BlackBerrys, SmartPhones, complacency ... {~285}
What I will bet single malt on, continued ...
Where is Toronto for that matter? (Remember that Frye found it perfectly congenial.)
Items with "I" in them: 12. When the inquisition 'shows me the instruments' and demands renunciation of Jesus Christ I will earnestly & immediately comply, but with an involuntary smile which they will not like and I will be done for. Ditto: Mohammed, Bahá'u'lláh, whomever ... 13. Three children were born directly into my hands and for a moment I held their lives there. (One I had to kick-start.) And no rubber gloves or masks in those days. 14. If I could tell only one story it would be The Good Samaritan but I resist all attempts to make a doctrine of it. 15. I arrived at tensegrity more-or-less independently from first principles. 16. This blog employs captchas on comments to hinder spam. When someone tries anyway, I briefly admire their indomitable human spirit. "Don't tell me what to do!" 17. I wrote software for Eddie and he liked my work.
18. More and more feral & furtive in Toronto: At the end of three hours
![Poor photograph of Northrop Frye portrait 'Frye in the Sky' in the Pratt library UofT. Poor photograph of Northrop Frye portrait 'Frye in the Sky' in the Pratt library UofT.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKeLEBcwCJBaxT2uhzjTO-9LIk-VYJOZEObXlWgsDM0kbqsPJSybx-EWX5YSWZWw86ojpJXbzhADEJI2XHoR_CcKmlGmnaY0IS8LAay43OtPhQU1nuOgKrZkGFx7Vde68H0cyegjGpBa4/s320/Northrop+Frye+portrait+in+Pratt+library+t.jpg)
I already said 'feet of clay' didn't I? And I never said "causes Galileo's math book to get thrown," did I? OK. That's it then. {~300}
Be well. (And be aware,
shekinah an' kerygma ain't what them preachers say they are.)
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