<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:18:28 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@lanimal/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[How Economic and Ecological Systems Grow Large and Complex]]></title><description><![CDATA["The problem is precisely how to extend the span of our utilization of resources beyond the span of the control of any one mind; and therefore, how to dispense with the need of conscious control,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@lanimal/how-economic-and-ecological-systems-grow-large-and-complex</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@lanimal/how-economic-and-ecological-systems-grow-large-and-complex</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lanimal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2018 10:57:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/23KQwnti57su8sXzVDL75B8chWhS1cyoyWF1JuwvdaYV7jcFYGNPQXWU9yKNcPx5vA3wFpDYiPEFJQrCsPMY4k1733g3zS4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Antifa Astroturf vs. Real Brusfires of the Mind]]></title><description><![CDATA[Photo by Daphne Iona. It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men. –Samuel Adams Antifa and their destructive]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/news/@lanimal/antifa-astroturf-vs-real-brusfires-of-the-mind</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/news/@lanimal/antifa-astroturf-vs-real-brusfires-of-the-mind</guid><category><![CDATA[news]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lanimal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2018 12:21:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56yrFjfYiaTMDB8KMnFPzewDAJ53iMZfFur8b1zGzNZkHnrFysK7AuvqaA3WjXi9NznooC4aD4P2r8y3Ez794eXb88SMuEoyvZqA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Better Breathing can get you more Aroused and Attentive]]></title><description><![CDATA[Image by Andreas Dress, via Unsplash. New Science behind Ancient Techniques Since ancient times many people have found considerable benefits from meditation, while either passively experiencing or actively]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@lanimal/how-better-breathing-can-get-you-more-aroused-and-attentive</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@lanimal/how-better-breathing-can-get-you-more-aroused-and-attentive</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lanimal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2018 14:10:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/62PdCouTvNPEAghD4Gqv2voSrAb8Mzg6YBEvz3rNZWsceeZtKYwEuCbvZs54PZwRQEYXAPZbPLKzC2qgQB2vWpMaNMCC7Qzwd8NimRepm4WGqNg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our Software Evolves much as our Genetic Hardware does]]></title><description><![CDATA[Unraveling Transitions in Human Cultural Evolution Researchers working at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History recently published an interesting study entitled Cultural Macroevolution]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/academia/@lanimal/our-software-evolves-much-as-our-genetic-hardware-does</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/academia/@lanimal/our-software-evolves-much-as-our-genetic-hardware-does</guid><category><![CDATA[academia]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lanimal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 30 Jul 2017 11:15:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/KWcVEiwEzuiGGuVCdpi5sMd7Z7w5kVKsUEASf2Hy4hAHvZJxXcJy5HR1Gy4eVSQf12ZT3Aj236ruTQ5r46?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swimming, Swarming, and Spontaneous Order in the Sea]]></title><description><![CDATA[Robots with sonar reveal many animals intricately coordinating their swimming behavior Remote Environmental Monitoring UnitS REMUS are relatively low-cost Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV). Here is one]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@lanimal/swimming-swarming-and-spontaneous-order-in-the-sea</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@lanimal/swimming-swarming-and-spontaneous-order-in-the-sea</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lanimal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2017 13:35:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5CEvyaAfMXdcf9eJr65xqrL9wC3nKNxwtC3e28EEFBfRZ4CayZFGXdchZ2ozYGZuiXZqdfx85yowLaXtA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Recent Evolution of Human Genes for Processing Fats: Before and After the Spread of Agriculture]]></title><description><![CDATA[Evidence of Natural Selection at work over the past 10,000 years A newly published study in Nature Ecology & Evolution presents evidence that natural selection changed the human genome in response]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/academia/@lanimal/recent-evolution-of-human-genes-for-processing-fats-before-and-after-the-spread-of-agriculture</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/academia/@lanimal/recent-evolution-of-human-genes-for-processing-fats-before-and-after-the-spread-of-agriculture</guid><category><![CDATA[academia]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lanimal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2017 13:32:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EfcLDC2cS9n3a6zqDqEjEcALsyaS8fLomeasVfeJFQ9pywcUvHkyaL2jvu7ENwZk4kxPQ3BopjTVQ4vQgugCQMy5BjamU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Decentralization: It’s not just Rational, it’s Natural, and your brain uses it all the time!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Crowdsourcing Brain Cells Build Consensus to Make Decisions A newly published study in Frontiers in Neuroscience presents interesting insights into how our brains themselves work. It’s interesting to consider]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@lanimal/decentralization-it-s-not-just-rational-it-s-natural-and-your-brain-uses-it-all-the-time</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@lanimal/decentralization-it-s-not-just-rational-it-s-natural-and-your-brain-uses-it-all-the-time</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lanimal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2017 12:39:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3HaJVw3AYyXBdF9iSRPp977CBFrGCMDhc1w2rHKAC1yEKppTQoGMxtNCjAfntRbE3Sx489j1bZRuLW23wmkx5vyeNaqo3o2vrLVYkKG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why you shouldn’t lie to anyone you don’t plan to kill, and probably not even if you do]]></title><description><![CDATA[This post was inspired by a pithy statement from negotiation expert Chris Voss in the interview that I linked at the end of my recent post about Negotiation and Communication. He said: ”Don’t lie to anyone]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@lanimal/why-you-shouldn-t-lie-to-anyone-you-don-t-plan-to-kill-and-probably-not-even-if-you-do</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@lanimal/why-you-shouldn-t-lie-to-anyone-you-don-t-plan-to-kill-and-probably-not-even-if-you-do</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lanimal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jun 2017 13:01:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/W5LtFUPm6g77of1RNvboAG76dMekyMZnD9zbgWJsM5g5Z3J1LYrdmqaTRkEuVUvETeHVHWrmVGgQz4FD6CPQWzbnmVRLLf3buYvQVkDUrsWNVBV5q2sMsFsW9xinDQYGJjm562kUKcTaPbNiMBUJQ4iRVUSJr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Negotiation and Communication: What an Expert Hostage Negotiator can Teach Us]]></title><description><![CDATA[How can a hostage negotiator’s tips help you improve your interactions with colleagues, friends, and even family? I’ve been away from Steemit for too long! Busy with life and work, but all is well. Today]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/business/@lanimal/negotiation-and-communication-what-an-expert-hostage-negotiator-can-teach-us</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/business/@lanimal/negotiation-and-communication-what-an-expert-hostage-negotiator-can-teach-us</guid><category><![CDATA[business]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lanimal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Jun 2017 14:07:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EfcLDDAkyqguXw9VbWhoFz1PKWYwyBc7TZdKdUw34hJyExzvDUPaWFtw9PkBCGGHe1BrbrGK3a5TLHn6UyYPyarQsVsM2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Study Clarifies Diversity-Productivity Relationships using Phytoplankton as a Model Ecosystem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Mechanism of Resilience in Communities with Different Size Distributions: Underlying mechanism of biodiversity-productivity relationships Clarified In a new study entitled Phytoplankton size-diversity]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@lanimal/new-study-clarifies-diversity-productivity-relationships-using-phytoplankton-as-a-model-ecosystem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@lanimal/new-study-clarifies-diversity-productivity-relationships-using-phytoplankton-as-a-model-ecosystem</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lanimal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2016 12:06:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNihJzmPcaitgzfLQ2DokxGgfd5eiQ7UVcYYTDU1wKzxua3Ldms7ax318iXz6kLUhQSZf5tyTWNmS65YDKczs2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Advantages of an Optimistic Bias, and Afformations]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Engine of Capitalism I recently listened to another great chapter of Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow, chapter 24, entitled “The Engine of Capitalism”. He suggests that if you were allowed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@lanimal/the-advantages-of-an-optimistic-bias-and-afformations</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@lanimal/the-advantages-of-an-optimistic-bias-and-afformations</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lanimal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2016 19:36:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3HaJVvr6qfoMp8sxuCoEjyNqmmLsYixTQnFPJNhnwCdN7bU6GgXTHXzYdPJbJXnf8p2mhWVJNNfqtKBzSn95CHjC4hbz6h1wyazbdpr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cultivating a Natural State of Flow]]></title><description><![CDATA[Flow, or the Zone A few months ago I started seeing podcasts and other discussions of Flow online. It seems to be a new term for what has long been called getting into The Zone, meaning a focused and highly]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/life/@lanimal/cultivating-a-natural-state-of-flow</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/life/@lanimal/cultivating-a-natural-state-of-flow</guid><category><![CDATA[life]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lanimal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2016 12:16:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2VZXybTSZJq1X8L9sTDYbe54RKqbRs2SZWcwJ8Lc56ZQj3TTA4tyvBmu8XvFyM68KD97SN187oH6on49rUxfrZWNMBWNpqhB1duZJGqMN9xiWnfTFzuGfBoS9n1A2UXjsHKwT3gb1z7fRUNeYPQsxGGL5u8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Perverse Incentives and Hyper-competition in Academia]]></title><description><![CDATA[New Article Discusses Long-Standing Problems The following article was just recently published in Environmental Engineering Science. Academic Research in the 21st Century: Maintaining Scientific Integrity]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/academia/@lanimal/perverse-incentives-and-hyper-competition-in-academia</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/academia/@lanimal/perverse-incentives-and-hyper-competition-in-academia</guid><category><![CDATA[academia]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lanimal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2016 13:03:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7ohP4GDMGPrVbcMPxsx3WiRZr3Q7Mitx6fwYsH4S9M9MSuGTw1NdiYT9rMHqW4AeweQ1ieCb8Wk4pC9fWVCsFHHxx83nNchajrBi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Fasting can help us recover from bacterial, but not viral, infections]]></title><description><![CDATA[A fasting Buddha. Fasting has a long history in many cultures, and it's now trendy, at least for some Over the past few years, fasting has become quite popular among those who follow the paleo/primal]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/health/@lanimal/how-fasting-can-help-us-recover-from-bacterial-but-not-viral-infections</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/health/@lanimal/how-fasting-can-help-us-recover-from-bacterial-but-not-viral-infections</guid><category><![CDATA[health]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lanimal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2016 11:53:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCSPQ21eLdzttauk46f71wvo4fP7cJ56AaJ8A9tbPru3Sjs8SPAHQSagwtjNdTfimzA7e4m5bA2SD1U4xG1T789m9UUBRxZN5ERvRdTMebyfZraGQX9asNJCoqDptT2muX6H1ZZwfutq1XCtNZyiyFYkcTCS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How and What Bacteria ‘Breathe’]]></title><description><![CDATA[First, Congratulations to Dianne Newman on being named a MacArthur Fellow When I was in graduate school, I remember discussing with Dianne the ways that bacteria use sulfur and even arsenic compounds to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@lanimal/how-and-what-bacteria-breathe</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@lanimal/how-and-what-bacteria-breathe</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lanimal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2016 15:23:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3zpz8WQe4SNHDJYK3G92yCpXiAkTGta8HuCN9aaweCXXHTB1MdvV2ofRBTRTQimsXirvVhnsezrYMs9NyWPPc3FA27tuH1T9QaGgNMmQmgnpWoJGec6zwiVDQBbQ5pmMTJyKmxt8S7UJ1De86dzN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Plants Proactively Protect Themselves from Parasites.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Plants may appear passive to the naked eye, but they’re quite proactive at molecular and microscopic scales Except for rare species such as this Venus Flytrap, most plants don’t seem to be very active]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@lanimal/plants-proactively-protect-themselves-from-parasites</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@lanimal/plants-proactively-protect-themselves-from-parasites</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lanimal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2016 13:22:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyBE4oEA4DgdsjqHVu5bBcL455rhRvpisM78Drnk7hkTyXrBbrqDJ8HEeQYctjFiSU6Gy5WvcDeemg5XYjb2EN78uWAmwZTfNdcCJSWc5GvNLD1ynGR42S4Gkd?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ecology really is in Our Blood: the Ecology of Nutrition and Host-Pathogen relationships]]></title><description><![CDATA[Several years ago I saw Val H. Smith (no relation) present ideas about the ecology of the human bloodstream. I’m pleased to know that he continued this line of research. For example, this paper, Host nutrition]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@lanimal/ecology-really-is-in-our-blood-the-ecology-of-nutrition-and-host-pathogen-relationships</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@lanimal/ecology-really-is-in-our-blood-the-ecology-of-nutrition-and-host-pathogen-relationships</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lanimal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2016 12:47:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/ADdPNhvhBjjTrK5FRcvdNt4sHnRTNvm37ae7vTNHaoQZZqAK3qaQXADmyC1Hb4om1fPCMeVb6qEzjBJjLrf2Hm4eS?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chemical Warfare Among Single-Celled Organisms]]></title><description><![CDATA[Think single-celled organisms are too simple to undertake chemical warfare? In fact, many bacteria, fungi, and algae do so all the time. My previous post, Bacteria not only spear their enemies, they arm]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@lanimal/chemical-warfare-among-single-celled-organisms</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@lanimal/chemical-warfare-among-single-celled-organisms</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lanimal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2016 03:47:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/C3TZR1g81UNcexr7CN6oLFxdYPTk9EAY9hdGJZM5wxLb8Jbjf8Uar74a3hs5TpAmpYEpVJSFfLsL9rTomZJK1zJ4wVdoruQ488bNyS28znUS1Q7gbjMugwG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bacteria not only spear their enemies, they arm their allies too!]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the image above, from the Yahr laboratory's webpage, the outer membrane of the host (victim) cell on top is pierced by a weapon from the bacterial cell (bottom). Now we know that they not only make,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@lanimal/bacteria-not-only-spear-their-enemies-they-arm-their-allies-too</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@lanimal/bacteria-not-only-spear-their-enemies-they-arm-their-allies-too</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lanimal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2016 14:49:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3pM3JAostTEy97FZzsbRXMGr81vVVjpfVnNvBJ4wztc9raAH5K3ZuMSkybu2mPUPpMwW4FYgHQDRtsTzCnqkgryWNvTVosLNyDyC4W5kmSmDxXxvnJ2Kh6RteG4eKXqsb?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Researchers Bribed, people duped by government dietary guidelines]]></title><description><![CDATA[Do you trust the dietary recommendations from the FDA and USDA Warning: Eating according to the food pyramid below may be hazardous to your health! I’ve explained before how Primal/ Paleo eating, and living]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/health/@lanimal/researchers-bribed-people-duped-by-government-dietary-guidelines</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/health/@lanimal/researchers-bribed-people-duped-by-government-dietary-guidelines</guid><category><![CDATA[health]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lanimal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2016 00:52:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/X37EMMe7x1dBWU9tnfyeRfUMZhv96gN2qhRcvN12dkvpBdRq4vUEFiyZriYwkKD9iVHnMGAtieRTZkcRQoihVXSpuqAdVaY8epqsC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>