Mailbag: Continued Character Defamation
There are ultimately only two possible adjustments to life; one is to suit our lives to principles; the other is to suit principles to our lives. If we do not live as we think, we soon begin to think as…
Forever Empty
A person of good intelligence and of sensitivity cannot exist in this society very long without having some anger about the inequality. It’s not just a bleeding-heart, knee-jerk, liberal kind of a thing! It is just a normal human reaction…
Edge of Extinction: Saved by Yellow Fever?
There seems to be confusion about my work. As I’ve explained repeatedly, I’ll be focusing on social criticism in this space. I’ve made a compelling case for near-term human extinction in several formats. I’ve no need to pummel that dead…
The End of an Error
Science, my lad, has been built upon many errors; but they are errors which it was good to fall into, for they led to the truth ~ Jules Verne Bad choices make good stories. I’ve got great stories. I’ve…
Weekly Hubris Essay, May 2018
My May 2018 column for the Weekly Hubris has been posted. It’s here.
East Bay Sierra Club Dinner Series Discussion, April 2018
On 26 April 2018 I participated in a discussion as part of the East Bay Sierra Club’s dinner series. With thanks to the series chair Jamen Shively, the resulting poor video is embedded below. My latest book is available…