links for 2007-09-10: full moons, alarmapathy, agriculture

20 consecutive Full Moons – 20 Pleines Lunes consécutives

short vivid flash movie of the Moon, wobbling slowly in its orbit

(tags: astronomy animation moon cosmos)
Wondering about alarmapathy

confused of calcutta ponders the proliferation of alarms and alerts in our lives, and our correspondingly greater disinclination to take any notice of them

(tags: social-studies technology risk psychology)
The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race

What neo-Luddite among us would trade his life for that of a medieval peasant, a caveman, or an ape?
Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs and Steel.

(tags: Economics environment food prehistory social-studies agriculture)