We need the knowers of ancient lore.
125 Billionaires Control Our Fate
A person of wealth tells it like it is.
A person of wealth tells it like it is.
Buddhist Politics
Interconnection, Compassion, and Change.
Interconnection, Compassion, and Change.
Long-Term Future: Why Can’t Humans Plan for It?
There is a name for this: Prognostic myopia.
There is a name for this: Prognostic myopia.
Why Do I Feel Less Anxious?
The welcome decline of unconscious vigilance.
The welcome decline of unconscious vigilance.
Death Is a Fact
NASA nudged an asteroid.
NASA nudged an asteroid.
The Things That Happened to Happen
The strange contingencies of history.
The strange contingencies of history.
Longtermism and Instant Gratification
Human nature craves the immediate.
Human nature craves the immediate.
Women Keeping Other Women’s Secrets
Truths about men acting badly.
Truths about men acting badly.
Is Overpopulation the Key to Everything?
The math is starkly logarithmic.
The math is starkly logarithmic.
Cosmology and the Daily Grind
The contrast between the two can blow your mind.
The contrast between the two can blow your mind.
Three Flavors of Sadness
Reflecting on personal sadness, world sadness, and the sadness of passing away.
Reflecting on personal sadness, world sadness, and the sadness of passing away.
The Custom of Telling the Bees
Honoring the intelligence of life.
Honoring the intelligence of life.
The Power of Men in Power
Lessons of the past inform the future.
Lessons of the past inform the future.
Sound Pollution Is Making Us Stupid
We can make modest efforts to think of quietude as a nutrient that our psyches need for mental and spiritual health and seek it out any way we can.
We can make modest efforts to think of quietude as a nutrient that our psyches need for mental and spiritual health and seek it out any way we can.
Zombie Ice and Karma
What's done is done.
What’s done is done.