Tag: Fragile

How The Loss Of A Great Library Shows Data’s Fragile State Today

“A false sense of security persists surrounding digitized documents…Without constant maintenance and management, most digital information will be lost in just a few decades. Our modern records are far from permanent.” — Adrienne Bernhard, Shining A Light On The Dig...

The Fragile Art of Hand Pollination in China: A Warning Sign of Nature’s Decline

Introduction: In the vast expanses of Chinese agriculture, an ancient practice is gaining renewed significance in the face of an ecological crisis — hand pollination. As natural pollinators face perilous declines, Chinese farmers are increasingly turning to this labor-intensive technique to...

Why Fragile Narcissists Are More Dangerous Than The Grandiose.

You can easily identify a grandiose narcissist (GN) after a while, but a fragile/vulnerable narcissist (VN) goes the extra mile to disguise the false-self because their self-worth is so diminished that even the slightest risk of exposure sets them on a tailspin. GN’s are...

The fragile paradigm of western medicine

In our society, when we’re sick, our knee jerk reaction is to obtain an expert diagnosis of what it is we’ve contracted and to respond with a targeted prescription. We entrust our lives to this simple paradigm. What could possibly go wrong? While there are some benefits to this app...