02-25-20 - D McClintock - Food makes Cultural behaviour - J. Sherman - Sociology-Cradle to grave
02/25/20
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Terra Mizwa:
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David McClintock:
Presentation
From microscopic biology -- To who the hell are we?
A Systems Analysis, specifically a Macro Agro-Deterministic View - at a very fast romp.
What you eat has determined how you behave, but I speak not at all about nutrition
instead, from a Systems Macro view (from say 50,000 feet),
it is Not so much What you Eat so much as what you Grow,
which triggers Adaption as to how your culture behaves...
The occupations of a people truly have profound effects on who they become.
Much of the world’s human population satisfies its energy needs with starch in the form of: rice, wheat, corn, and potatoes.
We North Americans have been Wheat peoples. That actually matters profoundly.
As wheat people, what we are following a very ancient pre-history - of behaviours.
It is a reality that has framed our social arrangements, what we do.
And it is perhaps unseen but is a reality and a metaphor which has seriously defined us.
Now, it is changing under out feet.
Which means we don't quite know what we are - becoming.?
Jeremy Sherman Ph.D., MPP.
Presentation
Cradle to grave:
From the physical origins of selves and effort to today's grave variations on absolutely selfish effort.
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Location & Time: Tuesdays, 11:30am to 1:30pm
Quinta Loreto Hotel, Cjon. de Loreto 15, Centro, Zona Centro, 37700 San Miguel de Allende, Gto.
From Cjon. de Loreto, enter the Mercado de Artisanias alley (East, going up-hill) about twenty yards and turn to your left into the Hotel Quinta Loreto compound.
The community center is on the Southeast side of the little central park. If you are coming by car, there is a parking lot within the compound.
(The community center is in the same location as the Philosophical get-together which is held on Fridays.)
A 50 pesos donation is suggested.
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http://instituto-allende.edu.mx/en/lifelong-learning-program/
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...Because the acquisition of clean water in our town is not only a science, but a necessity, especially in the San Miguel de Allende area:
SMA Rotary Club rests upon a foundation of compassion and science, so it too gets a heads up from SciTechNature.
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Best,
Stephen Goodfellow