Discussion with John. I hope you decide to follow up in the not too distant future. You wonder if we can communicate through fingertips and written words. Time is not long past when that was the most usual way of communicating.
Ordinary ecology is good enough.
It will do the job. It does not provide a cohesive and coherent basis for present action. It is still so young that the necessary discussion of its philosophical foundations must continue. John, my wish is that you will leave this seminar with the understanding that you, in your paper and your comments, have given a great gift, appropriately to this season. And I thank you for it.