Thomas Fernandes studied materials science in France, then worked in R&D in the composite industry. Known to some for his “insight addiction”, he pursues wide-ranging interests that include materials science, environmental issues, cognitive sciences, the power of stories, philosophy, etymology and a few more. Surprisingly all those pursuits could be studied for decades on their own, leaving him a bit restless in his quest. Unsurprisingly he is a big advocate of interdisciplinarity and likes to draw bridges and similarities across all those themes. He writes about topics that lack popular attention, sit at the intersection of disciplines, or reveal patterns worth reflecting on. Email: thomasfernandes33 [at] yahoo.com
by Thomas Fernandes We might know more about biodiversity than ever before, yet we see it less. When life is talked about as “carbon sinks,” “pollinator services,” or “extinction curves,” it flattens into numbers: computable but unfeeling. But the loss we face isn’t just biological. It’s perceptual. We no longer notice life. Our first loss,…