Whole Earth Review, Summer 1986
“This text tries to explain how minds work. How can intelligence emerge from non-intelligence? To answer that, I’ll show that you can build a mind from many little parts, each mindless by itself.”
- Published: Summer 1986
 - Collection: Whole Earth Review
 - Links: Internet Archive, Download PDF
 
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Whole Earth Review, Summer 1986
- FEATURES
- Dehiscence by Sallie Tisdale1
 - Society Of Mind by Marvin Minsky4
 - Constructing Peace As A Whole System by Mark Sommer12
 - Credit, Debt And Cultural Miniaturization Interview with Paul Hawken24
 - Decommissioning: Nuclear Power’s Missing Link by Cynthia Pollock28
 - Resurrecting Elms by Ken Textor38
 - Traditional Drought And Uncommon Famine In The Sahel by David Tenenbaum44
 - Home Economics by Wendell Berry50
 - Not An Easy Choice by Kathleen McDonnell50
 - Not Killing by Robert Aitken63
 - The Consequences Of Treating The Fetus As A Human Being edited by Kevin Kelly64
 - Backscatter About The Farm78
 - A Commune That Works, So Far by Kathleen Kinkade80
 - Jury Duty: Would You Serve Or Would You Hide? initiated by Joe Troise on The WELL88
 - Mediation by Jake Warner91
 - The Go-Between by Gary J. Friedman94
 - The Lighter Side Of Being Paralyzed For Life cartoon by John Callahan96
 - Navigating Computer Networks by Art Kleiner102
 - Small Town Wages by Lance Tapley116
 - What’s New With You? by David Greenberger122
 - Egyptian Siege by Philip Stewart124
 - Clams On The Lam cartoon by Peter Aschwanden145
 
 - DEPARTMENTS/REVIEWS
- WHOLE SYSTEMS
- Archaeology11
 - Biblical Archaeology Review11
 - National Security Through Civilian-Based Defense20
 - Making Europe Unconquerable20
 - Unilateral Nuclear Disarmament Measures20
 - Environment and Conflict21
 - Beyond the Bomb21
 - The World Atlas of Revolutions22
 - Balance of Power22
 - The Biosphere Catalog23
 - Scanning Nature23
 - Filters Against Folly27
 
 - LAND USE
- Landscape Ecology36
 - Color In Your Garden
 - Tools For Agriculture37
 - Briefbook: Biotechnology and Genetic Diversity37
 - The Herb Gardener’s Resource Guide37
 - A Citizen’s Handbook on Groundwater Protection42
 - Waterlines42
 - Troubled Water42
 - U.S. Water News43
 - International Dams Newsletter43
 - Casa del Agua43
 - Conserving Water: The Untapped Solution43
 - Africa in Crisis49
 - Africa News49
 
 - HEALTH
- You Can Have a Baby57
 - The New No-Pill, No-Risk Birth Control57
 - What Sort of People Should There Be?71
 - New Conceptions71
 - Birth & Life Bookstore72
 - Having a Baby Without a Man72
 - The Tentative Pregnancy72
 - Childbirth Graphics73
 - TIPS73
 - Family Planning Perspectives74
 - The Rubber Tree74
 - Recombinant DNA74
 - Sex selection74
 - Understanding DNA and Gene Cloning75
 - Over the Hill76
 - On Food and Cooking76
 - Exercisewalking77
 - WalkWays77
 
 - COMMUNITY
- Communities86
 - Community Referral Service86
 - Builders of the Dawn86
 - The Road Less Traveled87
 - The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat87
 - Mediation Quarterly95
 - The Community Conflict Resolution Training Manual95
 - The Mediation Process95
 
 - COMMUNICATIONS
- 2600105
 - Knowing Where to Look98
 - Mrs. Byrne’s Dictionary98
 - No Sense of Place98
 - Radio Renaissance99
 - American Pictures100
 - America100
 - Good Movies by Sheila Benson101
 - Out of the Inner Circle105
 - On Cassette106
 - Laser Disc Newsletter106
 - Disc Deals106
 - U.S. Video Source106
 
 - NOMADICS
- Practical Traveler107
 - So... You Want to Be An Innkeeper107
 - Australia: Where Being Alternative Isn’t So Radical by Bird Brenner108
 
 - SOFT TECHNOLOGY
- Folding Bikes112
 - Portable Boats112
 - Logan Hand Matcutters113
 - Threads113
 
 - LIVELIHOOD
- The Secrets of Consulting114
 - Shattered Dreams115
 - Buying and Selling a Small Business115
 - SuperRom115
 
 - LEARNING
- Sabremetrics: A Baseball Way of Knowledge by Steven Levy118
 - The Hidden Game of Baseball119
 - The Baseball Encyclopedia119
 - APBA Major League Baseball120
 - Hardball120
 - Microleague120
 - Rotisserie League Baseball121
 - Baseball America121
 - Major League Monthly121
 
 - BACKSCATTER
- Echoes from readers back to WER126
 
 - GATE FIVE ROAD
- Gossip: A Short History of the First 50 Issues of CoEvolution Quarterly and Whole Earth Review128
 - How This Magazine is Made130
 - How Whole Earth Review Gets To Readers135
 - Your Mailing Label: A Short Course137
 - Recent WER mailing list renters137
 - “Or Whole Earth Access”138
 - Back Issues/Further Issues138
 - Thank You!139
 - Financial Report140
 - Truth in Labeling: The Financial Report Deciphered140
 - Masthead141
 - Unclassifieds141
 
 
 
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