CynthesisToday
CynthesisToday@sfba.social
<p>Retired chemical engineer. Currently feeding my intellect with mammalian <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/biology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>biology</span></a> and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/microbiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>microbiology</span></a>, the network and complex system aspects of biology, and the brain/body mechanisms via the vagus nerve. </p><p>Recent-ish love of "The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health" and "I Contain Multitudes".</p><p>Profile picture from Figure 27.1 of "Anatomy of the Vagus Nerve" </p><p>Activities: <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/weightlifting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>weightlifting</span></a> and <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/hikin
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Looking for the title of an SciFi short story whose premise is finding evidence of civilizations existence on other planets because they had space broadcast transmitters. However, the twist... all of those civilizations no longer existed because they used all of their resources to power the transmission. It might be in one of Gardner Dozois yearly anthologies of Year&#39;s Best SciFi. I can&#39;t help but think of the story when reading of the competition between the 2-3 oligarchs wrt...
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Absolutely loving &quot;A Half-Built Garden&quot; by Ruthanna Emrys. The first of probably many syopses of important power* ideas: &quot;Were they more likely to recognize a government built on laws, on paper-and-pixel boundaries? Or a network defined by measurable flows of matter and energy and obligation?&quot; The 2nd part, &quot;measurable flows of matter and energy&quot;, helps with an idea for creating a &quot;Brewster to the Bay Catchment&quot; instead of...