It’s Time to Look at the Bigger Picture

Believe it or not, I’m going to talk about elephants again. Who would have thought that one hour-long program about elephantswould result in two blog poststhat really aren’t about elephants.

Katy Payne, the acoustic biologist interviewed by On Being host Krista Tippett, talked about the problem of poaching in Africa. Tens of thousands of elephants are killed every year for their prized tusks, which are extremely valuable in black market ivory trading. But she also pointed out something I did...