Hubris has been characterized as exaggerated pride, overwhelming self-confidence and contempt for others (Owen, 2006). It is often taken to indicate a loss of contact with „reality‟ (as reflected in the lived experience of others) and an overestimation of one's own competence or capabilities. It is especially thought to come to the fore when the person exhibiting these characteristics is in a f...

Throughout history, societies have been beset by disasters that took them surprise, often with widespread and devastating consequences. When crops, animals, or people began dying unusual frequency, especially when the causes were not observable, failed to respond, responded very slowly, in surprisingly misdirected ways. In this essay, we focus on role of leadership addressing failing address su...

Anthropocentrism in Western (modern industrial) society is dominant, goes back hundreds of years, and can rightly be called ‘hubris’. It removes almost all moral standing from the nonhuman world, seeing it purely as a resource. Here, we discuss troubling components anthropocentrism: worldview ethics; dualisms, valuation values; psychology fear denial; idea philosophical ‘ownership’. We also que...

The research community I have lived in for the past 20 years, near the 3′ end ofmRNAs, began as a small enclave of labs and now is a vibrant city full of them. The field has moved from outlines of how 3′ ends were formed to the biochemistry of all the components involved, and now includes mRNA regulation via 3′UTRs, developmental controls,miRNAs, and networks of interactingmRNAs, non-coding RNA...