Dr. Thomas Balistrieri is a professor at WPI who has studied indigenous Lore for most of his adult life. He recently delivered the keynote speech at the annual conference for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors hosted by the Certification Board of Georgia where he shared his knowledge of Lore, Compassion Fatigue and Violence to Self and Others among other topics. Tom spoke with me about his understanding of Life Lore and how we must change our path as individuals and as a nation in order to avoid the inevitability of Dead Law, the consequence of our failed connection to nature.