by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Mar 21, 2017 | Perverse Incentives, Side-effects, Systems thinking, Uncategorized
“It was widely believed thalidomide would be useful to control morning sickness. It did – but it did other things, too. We need evidence, but unregulated marketing does not help us get needed data.” –A colleague at UCSF The epidemic of reductionism...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Jan 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
I’ve been seeing on social media a new meme, which I had already been thinking about for sometime. I found it compelling, because it is true: the virtue of solidarity is lost on Americans. Unlike a more communal society that is of the belief that we cannot truly...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Jan 25, 2017 | Uncategorized
I’m excited to share my research interests with a more diverse audience February 19th at Terra’s Temple, an earth-based spirituality center and place of dedicated practice in Berkeley. This translation process of academic research into practical knowledge...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Dec 4, 2016 | Uncategorized
Last Tuesday evening, November 29, 2016, I had the honor to present at El Colegio de la Frontera Norte (COLEF), in Tijuana, Mexico. Through UCSD’s Interdisciplinary Forum on Environmental Research supported by the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Nov 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
Well, I’m heading off to Standing Rock to spend Thanksgiving with the Native Americans of North America. The indigenous Water Protectors of Standing Rock have taken an unprecedented stand against the corporate interests of fossil fuel industries and their...
by Yogi Hale Hendlin | Nov 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
This week in San Francisco, I’ll be presenting at the Philosophy of the City Conference November 17-19 on November 17th at 4pm on “The Limits of the Automobile City.” My talk, alongside the “Extending the Land Ethic” National Endowment of...
