Civilization, like an airplane in flight, survives only as it keeps going forward ~ Edward Abbey My interpretation of Cactus Ed's line: Must go faster. This is a defining element of every civilization, including the current, industrialized version. Civilizations…
I was interviewed on 28 February 2017 for Extinction Radio. The episode aired 8 March 2017 and can be heard here. A video teaser created by Rick Siegenthaler is embedded below, followed by the video versions of the entire interview…
I was interviewed by Steven Spencer on 2 March 2017 for his podcast. It aired here on 4 March 2017. It can be heard on iTunes here.
My March essay for the Weekly Hubris was posted Wednesday, 1 March 2017. It can be read here.
The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits ~ Albert Einstein People often ask why I speak and write about abrupt climate change leading to near-term human extinction. If we can't fix it, why bother…
I was interviewed by Lee Sterry for talk radio in Ontario, Canada on 13 February 2017. The audio is embedded near the top of the page here under the heading, "02/13 Trudeau visits Trump/ Bombardier Bailout/ Nonlinear Climate Change." I'm…
May our poor and improbable species find joy in its new-found fragility and good fortune! ~ Stephen Jay Gould, Wonderful Life Harvard evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould named his book for the film starring Jimmy Stewart. The book's title…