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Explore or Die.
I'm reading a book called The River of Doubt by Candice Millard, which is about the last great adventure of Teddy Roosevelt into the darkest depths of the Amazon.  Let me tell you, for a privileged old white dude, Teddy was a serious bad ass.  While many might hear a few horrific details of his journey and rename this blog "Explore AND Die," our 26th American president was definitely an "or" kind of individual.
 
As I read the account of his expedition, I couldn't help but feel a little worried about those of us here in 2017.  We all have our hardships, losses, and confusion at the world we live in.  We all suffer in some way at some time.  But life here today is steeped in convenience and disconnection from things that are dirty, smelly, bloody, or decaying (i.e. Earth). We are well shielded from what's really going on out there, what's headed our way, and where our food really comes from.  
 
We are further shrouded from the life that we might live by our online habits.  Every time we search or navigate the internet, we are being watched by computers and our habits are then fed back to us like some digital Soylent Green. ... more

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