A couple weeks ago I spoke to a couple hundred people in Boulder, CO on the topic, “The Next Five Years.” (Video here).
How the Environmental Movement Can Find Its Way Again
A central theme of my book on climate is that if we are to focus our attention on a single substance, it should be not carbon dioxide but water.
A central theme of my book on climate is that if we are to focus our attention on a single substance, it should be not carbon dioxide but water.
They’re Just Not Jaded: How Non-Monetized Forms of Wealth Can Help Everything
How do we rebuild relations of trust, trust in each other and trust in human nature? One way is to reverse the process of monetization that destroyed those relations in the first place.
How do we rebuild relations of trust, trust in each other and trust in human nature? One way is to reverse the process of monetization that destroyed those relations in the first place.
The Forest Protectors
Indigenous activists attempting to stop drilling, mining, and logging operations face brutal intimidation tactics designed to dissuade them, and any others who might share their views, from getting in the way of profitable extraction.
Indigenous activists attempting to stop drilling, mining, and logging operations face brutal intimidation tactics designed to dissuade them, and any others who might share their views, from getting in the way of profitable extraction.
On the Cusp: A Trialogue About the Future of AI (And Humanity)
The AI phenomenon has continued to evolve at breakneck pace since then, but I think most readers will find a lot here that is new, illuminating, and provocative.
The AI phenomenon has continued to evolve at breakneck pace since then, but I think most readers will find a lot here that is new, illuminating, and provocative.
The Robot Who Wanted to Be a Man
A robot stands in a meadow. His feet are sinking into the earth. Flowers pierce his mechanism. He opens his arms in ecstatic surrender as he comes apart.
A robot stands in a meadow. His feet are sinking into the earth. Flowers pierce his mechanism. He opens his arms in ecstatic surrender as he comes apart.
The Sun Is Alive, and Why That Matters
When the modern mind attempts to grapple with animistic concepts like “the sun is alive,” the first impulse is to dismiss them as a superstitious fancy.
When the modern mind attempts to grapple with animistic concepts like “the sun is alive,” the first impulse is to dismiss them as a superstitious fancy.
Inverting the Energy Paradigm
Energy policy blah blah blah, life cycle analysis blah blah blah, energy return on energy invested, peak oil, carbon footprint, renewables, hydro, nuclear, blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.
Energy policy blah blah blah, life cycle analysis blah blah blah, energy return on energy invested, peak oil, carbon footprint, renewables, hydro, nuclear, blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.
The Heartland
I’m writing to you from Kansas.
I’m writing to you from Kansas.
To Be at Home in the World
Hey everyone, a quick share of a short film and interview, as I work on something intricate.
Hey everyone, a quick share of a short film and interview, as I work on something intricate.
Neither Hero nor Journey
The Hero’s Journey is perfectly legitimate myth with a valid place among many others in the pantheon.
The Hero’s Journey is perfectly legitimate myth with a valid place among many others in the pantheon.
Feminine Power
My daughter-in-law Ember is a nurse and a midwife. After much training, a year or two ago she attended her first clinical birth as an observer and assistant.
My daughter-in-law Ember is a nurse and a midwife. After much training, a year or two ago she attended her first clinical birth as an observer and assistant.
There’s No One Driving the Bus
The habits of authoritarianism run deep. Obedience is only the most superficial.
The habits of authoritarianism run deep. Obedience is only the most superficial.
A Temple of This Earth
Moving beyond redemptive violence.
Moving beyond redemptive violence.
The Sacrificial King
Part 3-and-a-half of the Girard series.
Part 3-and-a-half of the Girard series.
Words to a Young Man
That society will only be, if we prepare for it.
That society will only be, if we prepare for it.