The existential osprey encounter recurs in Alan's superb new essay in @TheAtlantic about our estrangement from nature and from our ancestral selves [link] (@RobGMacfarlane, did you know about the elision of nature-words from song lyrics in the study cited?)

Alan Lightman is one of my favorite science/philosophy writers. Great piece by him in The Atlantic about nature and our obsession with being digital-connected humans.