Monday, January 29, 2024

The wonder antidote

On this day in 1952, a decade before she catalyzed the environmental movement with "Silent Spring," Rachel Carson received the National Book Award with a stunning speech about the inherent poetry of science and wonder as an antidote to our self-destruction.

https://www.themarginalian.org/2022/11/30/rachel-carson-national-book-award-speech/

https://www.threads.net/@mariapopova/post/C2r5YrFuwF2/

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