Rules of Nature: A moral code to guide and define humanity’s relationship with nature.

  1. Extraction cannot exceed Recharge (Maximum Sustainable Yield)

  2. Prioritize efficiency over growth. Strive to seek optimal efficiency and then improve optimal once you get there. Improving optimal efficiency is called evolution. 

  3. Think Like a Mountain. 

  4. You are part of a chain. And everything you do affects the chain. 

  5. Every Benefit comes with a cost. 

  6. Everything in life is about getting the balance right. 

  7. All big/great things start small (cloud condensation nuclei, crystal seeding). 

  8. Extremes beget opposing extremes until equilibrium is reached (‘entropy’).

  9. The past is the key to the present??

  10. Something about isotopes

  11. Something about concentrations up chain

  12. Food Chains and Hierarchies

  13. Beware Positive Feedback Loops

  14. Everything is cyclical