“Do Your Own Research”
There has been considerable push-back against “doing your own research” recently, and I’m not entirely happy with that. I’m aware, of course, that the phrase “do your own research” tends…
There has been considerable push-back against “doing your own research” recently, and I’m not entirely happy with that. I’m aware, of course, that the phrase “do your own research” tends…
In several countries, lockdowns and/or other pandemic-related measures have provoked protest or even riots, and in many more, policies intended to slow down the spread of Covid-19 are widely ignored.…
In August, French blogger Pauline Harmange published a booklet titled Moi les hommes, je les déteste (Me, men, I loathe them), which caused quite a stir in France (and a…
Presumably, you are aware that we’re in the middle of a disaster. That’s unpleasant – to say the least – but it’s also quite instructive. There is much we can…
Suddenly everyone seems to have opinions about viruses and how to deal with them. If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you may already know my opinion about…
[Updates and corrections below original post.] In The 2020s and Beyond I mentioned that “black swans” (unpredictable, extreme events) can seriously mess up any prediction. In that article I sketched…
(This is part 6 in the No Time for Utopia series.) In The Ethics of Climate Insurgency I argued that an insurgency aimed at overthrowing the enemies of our children…
(This is part 3 in the No Time for Utopia series.) In On the Fragility of Civilization, I argued that due to the slowly compounding effects of an increasing number…
We all believe in stories. Stories about ourselves, stories about the world around us, about the societies and communities we are part of, about our histories, and so forth. We…