A park ranger once explained how migrating crabs find their way to the coast. He said that they follow the slight gradient of the land as it slopes toward the sea, tracing the paths carved by little pockets of water- condensation, collected rain- falling slowly downhill. We follow the water because it’s what crabs do. Following the water is a way to the next stage of a life cycle; it’s navigation; it’s a new way of listening to the land.
A psychologist searches for the secret to survival in a Norwegian town where the sun doesn’t rise for 50 days.
Published by: State of the Human
A woman takes a deep dive into a form of solitude that more and more people are trying out -- meditation. This solitude takes her places she never imagined.
Published by: State of the Human
Voices of Sym Sys is the podcast of the symbolic systems program at Stanford University. Each episode features a student, faculty, or alumnus related to symbolic systems, which is the interdisciplinary study of the relationship between minds, machines, and the world.