The Old Conservationist

Essays by Russell E. Vance, III PhD

Thursday, March 19, 2020

Can we live without social systems?

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     In my essay Are we other than our social systems?    I concluded that we are, in fact, other than our social systems since we came be...
Wednesday, March 18, 2020

Meaning and purpose

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Religions, governments and societies like to tell us that we must have meaning and purpose to our lives.  Actually, if we stop to think abo...
Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Capitalism has limits ... ?

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On Monday 3/16/2020 the morning internet greeted me with the truly embarrassing story that the US President had tried to "poach" ...
Sunday, March 15, 2020

Are we other than our social systems?

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      In my essay  Homo Sapiens and Social Systems   I raise the question (#3) are we other than our social systems?       The differenc...

What constitutes a social system?

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     In earlier notes and essays I have mentioned the early twentieth century philosopher Juddi Krishnamurti and his environments, which he...

Individual vs Species

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     In my note,  Meaning and Purpose , I made the observation that many people find their own personal meaning and purpose in altruism des...
Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Saying something nice about humans

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     I bet there are a lot of people who follow my posts and blogs and wonder if I can say anything nice about humans.  Well, I do feel tha...
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Russell E Vance, III PhD
Columbia Falls, MT, United States
Russell E. Vance, III, PhD. is a retired psychotherapist who, after retiring, has followed his passions and dreams. He currently lives a nomadic RVer’s life spending over 90% of his life off-the-grid far out into the Sonoran Desert or in the dense cedar and hemlock forest of Glacier National Park in northwestern Montana where he and Pamela served as volunteer campground hosts for 8 years. An unabashed tree-hugger and environmentalist, Russ’ post-retirement advocation became wildlife management, living among and helping keep deer, mountain goats, big horn sheep, bears and other creatures safe. Living in their 21ft RoadTrek RV, Russ enjoys spending his evenings writing stories. He has published two novels, four novella, and runs a Facebook page.
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