One hundred and seventy-two years ago, the civilly-disobedient writer/naturalist/philosopher Henry David Thoreau did something super weird: he went to the woods around Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts to live like a hobo.
Read MoreTeam Icarus , we have a Big Problem. While Icarus Swam is infatuated with big-picture metaphorical thinking, the reality is that we humans are connected in a more literal sense.
Read MoreFor the record, I can hear your skepticism: How could a myth really save the world?
Read MorePopular wisdom tells us that Icarus was a bit of an idiot.
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