What We Owe the Future: A Million-Year View, or How to Look at the World from the Philosophical High Ground
A critical look at William MacAskill’s new book on how human civilization can make it through the next few hundred years.
Read more...A critical look at William MacAskill’s new book on how human civilization can make it through the next few hundred years.
Read more...“The future is already here. It’s just not very evenly distributed.” But what we can see is not pretty.
Read more...While the arrival of what is probably peak gasoline is good news, there’s a long way to go in reducing its use.
Read more...An in-depth account of being caught in a major flood and dealing with becoming a water evacuee.
Read more...Why does the West seem increasingly unable to get out of its own underwear?
Read more...As conflicts over public beach access on the island become more complicated and frequent, residents try to take matters into their own hands.
Read more...New research casts serious doubts on environmental testing done by the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick, Maryland after 2018 leaks.
Read more...While proposals to curb shipping industry emissions are overdue, it would help to address the shippers too.
Read more...Virtually all paths to a net-zero-emissions food system rely on consumers in high-income countries shifting to a more plant-forward diet
Read more...Pontius Pilate asked, “What is truth?” Time to ask “What is science?” since our market system creates sciences that aren’t very scientific.
Read more...An examination of the economic law that says as the private sector improves productivity by destroying the planet and creating awful jobs, what’s left of the public sector must do the same.
Read more...Geoengineering schemes are getting more press as CO2 levels keep rising. But how can their risks be assessed?
Read more...Using the same land for the production of both agriculture and solar energy is a win-win for the climate and farmers.
Read more...“The Great Displacement” argues that mass migration triggered by climate change will fundamentally rock U.S. society.
Read more...Tackling the climate crisis effectively requires a shift from market fetishism to a more fair and sustainable global economy
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