The Variability of Nature Is Culture, Right?

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Culture is the first and most important instrument in dealing with water. If you believe that the variability of nature, the flood events, are a pantheistic sense, then you're much more likely to accept it as part of life. It's your choice of whether you want to create a flood resilient society or not. We don't know if we've built the right infra structure to deal with the 20 first century climate.

As humans, we like to believe that we shape the natural world. But in reality, its laws and patterns have deeply structured our own society. To tell the story of how water has shaped humanity, on the show this week is Giulio Boccaletti, author of Water: A Biography. Check it out at http://factuallypod.com/books Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.