Whole Earth Index

Whole Earth Review, Summer 1987

“Despite our machineless past, our autopoiesis now depends on machine organization in much the same way that cells of our body depend on human organization (anatomy and physiology).”

Sections:
  1. Deparments/Reviews
  2. Features
Whole Earth Review, Summer 1987
  1. DEPARMENTS/REVIEWS
    1. WHOLE SYSTEMS
      1. A Fuller Explanation
        78
      2. Tensegritoy
        78
      3. Synergetics Dictionary
        78
      4. The Self-Organizing Universe
        79
      5. The Dialectical Biologist
        79
      6. Reflections on Gender and Science
        80
      7. Military Enterprise and Technological Change
        80
      8. The Beaches Are Moving/Living With the Shore Series
        81
      9. DeLorme Atlases and Gazetteers
        81
      10. The Serpent and the Rainbow
        93
    2. NOMADICS
      1. El Volkswagen
        94
      2. National Parks Trade Journal
        94
      3. Classic Walks of the World
        95
      4. Specialty Travel Index
        95
      5. Banana Republic Travel Bookstore
        96
      6. Emergency Navigation
        96
      7. Hypothermia, Frostbite and Other Cold Injuries
        97
      8. Bayley Cold Water Immersion Suit
        97
    3. COMMUNITY
      1. Appropriate Technology Sourcebook
        100
      2. Earth at Night
        100
      3. From Debt to Development
        101
      4. Managing Development in Small Towns
        101
      5. The Criminal Records Book
        102
      6. Legacy of Love
        102
      7. The Power of the People
        103
      8. Prison Survival
        103
    4. HOUSEHOLD
      1. The Secret House
        110
      2. Radon Testing Service/Radon Reduction Methods
        110
      3. Ceramic Houses
        111
      4. Natural Energy and Vernacular Architecture
        111
    5. CRAFTS
      1. fischertechnik Modeling System
        116
      2. Victorinox SwissChamp
        116
      3. Micro-Mark
        117
      4. Friendly Plastic
        117
    6. COMMUNICATIONS
      1. Amusing Ourselves to Death
        118
      2. Cahill & Company
        118
      3. Good Movies by Sheila Benson
        119
      4. Screenplay/Screenwriter’s Workbook
        120
      5. Adventures in the Screen Trade
        120
      6. The TV. Scriptwriter’s Handbook
        121
      7. The Corporate Scriptwriting Book
        121
      8. Script City
        121
      9. Scriptor
        121
    7. LEARNING
      1. The Desolate City/Christianity and the
        122
      2. World Religions
        122
      3. The Rapids of Change
        123
      4. Finite and Infinite Games
        123
    8. LAND USE
      1. Landscaping with Perennials
        124
      2. Plants That Merit Attention
        124
      3. Seeds Blum
        125
      4. Ames’ Orchard & Nursery
        125
      5. Bat Houses
        125
      6. Birth of a Cooperative/Close to the Ground
        129
    9. BACKSCATTER
      1. Echoes from readers back to WER
        134
    10. GATE FIVE ROAD
      1. Gossip
        138
      2. Creative Philanthropist sought for membership on the Point board
        139
      3. Preserves
        139
      4. Subscription problems/address changes
        139
      5. “Or Whole Earth Access”
        139
      6. Recent WER mailing list renters
        139
      7. Back issues/further issues
        139
      8. Masthead Financial Report
        140
      9. Unclassifieds
        141
      10. Thank you Adopt a Library
        145
  2. FEATURES
    1. Reality CLub
      1. The REALITY CLUB by Steven Levy: An introduction to this diverse group of scientists, writers, poets and artists that meets to explore concepts of what is real and what is not.
        2
      2. A Cozy Cosmology by Heinz Pagels: The anthropic principle is convenient, but it’s not science.
        6
      3. Poems by Robert Pack: Inspired by the insights of Heinz Pagels.
        11
      4. Gaia and the Evolution of Machines by Dorion Sagan and Lynn Margulis: Machines are part of Gaia, and they're evolving faster than we are
        15
      5. Bootstrapping Through by William H. Calvin: Is consciousness a Darwinian sidestep?
        22
      6. Nature Is Not A Paradigm by Morris Berman
        29
      7. The Revenge of the Good Fairy by Mary Catherine Bateson: Omnipotence has its price.
        34
      8. Why Should I Talk To You by Steven Levy: A nonfiction writer responds to his reluctant sources.
        39
      9. Science and Meaning by Pamela McCorduck
        44
      10. To Communicate Truth by Page Smith: How research corrupts education.
        52
      11. Let’s Eliminate Math From Schools by Roger Schank
        58
      12. The Indian Rope Trick by Richard Rabkin, M.D.: The cultural creation of reality
        63
      13. What Can We Know? by Gerald Feinburg
        66
      14. There Is No Sound in an Empty Room by Joan Richardson: The poetry of Wallace Stevens must be read aloud to be fully understood.
        72
      15. Hear That Long Snake Moan, Part II by Michael Ventura. The Voodoorigins of rock’n’roll.
        82
      16. The 1 1/2-Ton Ocean Pickup Picks Up a letter from John Todd and Nancy Jack Todd: The latest chapter in a saga of appropriate technology.
        98
      17. The Local Employment Trading System by Michael Linton and Thomas Greco: A local-economy-boosting system that works.
        104
      18. Beginning Year Nine in Chronic One-A by Dallas Denny
        112
      19. Dog’s Breakfast
        115
      20. Do We Really Want Diversity? by Reed F. Noss. Sometimes it’s a sign of biological malaise.
        126
      21. The Woodchoppers’ Ball by the Beckwitt family: Forest management begins with managing the Forest Service.
        130
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