Whole Earth Review, Fall 1988

“Evolution is full of surprised. I don’t mean the funny-shaped animals, like flounder or angler fish, that readily evoke an exclamation or laugh. I’m referring to the improbable ways that evolution has of doing things, the surprising paths taken by evolution that violate all the stereotyped notions about progress. Sometimes evolution isn’t the slow grind, meandering along, continuously editing random variations into ever-better versions.”

Published: Fall 1988
Collection: Whole Earth Review
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Departments/Reviews10
Features1

Whole Earth Review, Fall 1988

DEPARTMENTS/REVIEWS
1. WHOLE SYSTEMS
  1. Wind and Weather
    10
  2. Subsidizing the Sun
    10
  3. Infinite in All Directions
    11
  4. The Map Catalog
    11
2. COMMUNITY
  1. Between the Lines
    26
  2. Deadline
    26
  3. Extra!
    27
  4. Propaganda Review
    27
  5. Compassion 101
    34
  6. Foreign Report
    35
  7. Waterstone's Guide to Books
    35
3. LANDUSE
  1. A New Theory of Urban Design
    38
  2. Landscaping for Wildlife
    39
  3. Fungi Perfecti
    39
  4. Culinary Botany
    40
  5. Pesticide Alert
    40
  6. Phelan's
    41
  7. Best Care Catalog
    41
  8. Blueprint for Paradise
    58
  9. Uninhabited and Deserted Islands
    58
  10. Real Goods
    59
  11. The Meadowcreek Project
    59
  12. Curbside Recycling Containers
    67
  13. Toward and Ecological Society
    67
4. NOMADICS
  1. Zen Driving
    68
  2. How to Keep Your Datsun/Nissan Alive
    68
  3. Encyclopedia for RVers
    69
  4. Car Beautiful
    69
  5. Roadside America
    70
  6. Weird, Wonderful America
    70
  7. African Safari
    75
  8. Walking Austria's Alps
    75
  9. Ultralight Boatbuilding
    76
  10. Geodesic Airolite Boats
    76
  11. Boatbuilding Woods
    76
  12. Patagonia Travel Coat
    77
  13. Avocet GelFlex 20 Bicycle Saddle
    77
  14. Combat Glasses
    77
5. CRAFT
  1. Armordillos
    78
  2. Household Cutters
    78
  3. Cuttlery Shoppe
    78
  4. Overhead Calculator
    79
  5. Inch Mate
    79
  6. Proportional Scale
    79
  7. Forstner Bits
    80
  8. Gasoline-Powered Tools
    80
  9. Panavise
    80
  10. Shopsmith Maxi-Clamp
    80
  11. Radian Wrenches
    81
  12. Balldrivers
    81
  13. Rechargeable Sprayers
    81
6. HOUSEHOLD
  1. Conran's Living in Small Spaces
    82
  2. The Lapeyre Stair
    82
  3. Home Mortgages
    83
  4. Masonry
    83
  5. Shaping Space
    105
7. COMMUNICATIONS
  1. Twentieth Century Type Designers
    113
  2. Poster Maker Plus
    113
  3. Gocco Printer
    114
  4. Unibind II Desktop Publishing
    114
  5. Permabound Binding
    114
  6. Folk Songs of North America
    115
  7. Strings
    115
  8. Just Enough to Make a Story
    116
  9. The Family Storytelling Handbook
    116
  10. Voices
    117
  11. Words on Mime
    117
8. LEARNING
  1. Through the Gateway of the Heart
    120
  2. The Adventure of Self-Discovery
    121
  3. Sunstone
    123
  4. Dialogue
    123
  5. Faith and Belief
    125
  6. When the Spirits Come Back
    125
  7. Puzzles Old and New
    134
  8. What to Buy for Business
    134
  9. Harvard Business Review
    134
9. GATE FIVE ROAD
  1. Backscatter
    136
  2. Unclassifieds
    139
  3. Gossip
    141
  4. Reader Services
    142
  5. Adopt a Library
    142
  6. Masthead
    143
  7. Financial Report
    143
  8. Thank You
    144
FEATURES
1. 1. Robert Brady
    1
  2. The Evolutionary Sidestep Evolution doesn’t necessarily march forward. by William H. Calvin
    4
  3. Robust Terrorism: In contrast to wimpy contemporary terrorism. by Joel Shurkin
    12
  4. Gifts From The Thief by Michael Ortiz Hill
    14
  5. No Prisons: The only alternative to ineffective prisons. by Bill Moulden
    17
  6. Snippets From R. Crumb’s Recent Sketchbooks
    20
  7. The Unpopular Voice of Black Realism: An interview with Harry Edwards on racism in athletics. by Michael Covino
    28
  8. Urban Geography: Baseball parks and junkyards. by Bonnie Loyd
    36
  9. What Farmers Do With Old Bicycles by Richard Nilsen
    37
  10. The Restoration of an Island Ecology: How one man planted trees to restore bird habitat and restored an island in the process. by David Wingate
    42
  11. The Disposable-Diaper Myth: Out of sight, out-of mind. by Carl Lehrburger with Rachel Snyder
    60
  12. How to Drive Overland Across Africa by Nick and Zoe Paton
    71
  13. Tales From Two Communities: A Village Called The WELL: An electronic gathering place. by John Coate
    84
  14. Farm Stories: Tales of life on a commune, taken from the “True Confessions” conference on The WELL. by John Coate and Cliff Figallo
    88
  15. John Ott, Light Pioneer: The quality of light you see can affect your health. by Ramon Sender Barayon
    102
  16. Computer Viruses by Howard Rheingold
    106
  17. A Software Bestiary: Computer Parasites and Remedies: a catalog of first sightings of real and imaginary beings by Corinne Cullen Hawkins
    107
  18. The Cryonic Suspension of Alcor Patient A-1068 by Corinne Cullen Hawkins
    118
  19. The Church of Modern-Day Mormonism by Paul Douglas Mallamo
    122
  20. The Release of Intuitive Ritual by Morris Berman
    126
  21. The Neglected Genius of Stanislav Szukalski by Jim Woodring
    128
  22. Go by Brad Klein
    134

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