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).”

Published: Summer 1987
Collection: Whole Earth Review
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DEPARMENTS/REVIEWS
1. WHOLE SYSTEMS
  1. A Fuller Explanation
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  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
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.
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  2. A Cozy Cosmology by Heinz Pagels: The anthropic principle is convenient, but it’s not science.
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  3. Poems by Robert Pack: Inspired by the insights of Heinz Pagels.
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  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
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  5. Bootstrapping Through by William H. Calvin: Is consciousness a Darwinian sidestep?
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  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.
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  8. Why Should I Talk To You by Steven Levy: A nonfiction writer responds to his reluctant sources.
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  9. Science and Meaning by Pamela McCorduck
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  10. To Communicate Truth by Page Smith: How research corrupts education.
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  11. Let’s Eliminate Math From Schools by Roger Schank
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  12. The Indian Rope Trick by Richard Rabkin, M.D.: The cultural creation of reality
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  13. What Can We Know? by Gerald Feinburg
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  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.
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  15. Hear That Long Snake Moan, Part II by Michael Ventura. The Voodoorigins of rock’n’roll.
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  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.
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  17. The Local Employment Trading System by Michael Linton and Thomas Greco: A local-economy-boosting system that works.
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  18. Beginning Year Nine in Chronic One-A by Dallas Denny
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  19. Dog’s Breakfast
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  20. Do We Really Want Diversity? by Reed F. Noss. Sometimes it’s a sign of biological malaise.
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  21. The Woodchoppers’ Ball by the Beckwitt family: Forest management begins with managing the Forest Service.
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