Lewis Thomas (November 25, 1913 – December 3, 1993) I have been trying to think of the earth as a kind of organism, but it is no go. I cannot think of it this way. It is too big, too complex, with too many working parts lacking visible connections. The other night, driving through a …
Lewis Thomas On The Earth
Lewis Thomas (November 25, 1913 – December 3, 1993) At this early stage in our evolution, now through our infancy and into our childhood and then, with luck, our growing up, what our species needs most of all, right now, is simply a future.
Lewis Thomas On The Earth
Celebrate The Earth Every Day Lewis Thomas (November 25, 1913 – December 3, 1993) Earth is a living system, an immense organism, still developing, regulating itself, making its own oxygen, maintaining its own temperature, keeping all its infinite living parts connected and interdependent, including us. It is the strangest of all places, and …
Lewis Thomas On Possibilities
Lewis Thomas (November 25, 1913–December 3, 1993) Provided we do not kill ourselves off, and provided we can connect ourselves by the affection and respect for which I believe our genes are also coded, there is no end to what we might do on or off this planet. At this early stage in our evolution, …
