Social Feedbacks and Global Warming โ Some Comments on Moore et al. (2022)
Climate change is driven by carbon emissions. Almost everyone knows that, of course. What no one knows, on the other hand, is how much carbon we are going to emit,…
Climate change is driven by carbon emissions. Almost everyone knows that, of course. What no one knows, on the other hand, is how much carbon we are going to emit,…
(Originally published on December 15, 2020. Major revisions on June 13, 2022.) In the year before publication of the original version of this article (2020) several governments announced that their…
Presumably, you are aware that weโre in the middle of a disaster. Thatโs unpleasant โ to say the least โ but itโs also quite instructive. There is much we can…
(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…
(This is part 5 in the โCrisis and Inertiaโ series.) In the first episode in this series I argued that societies and other social โobjectsโ (cultures, beliefs, institutions, ideas, ideologies,…
(This is part 4 in the โCrisis and Inertiaโ series.) While climate change constitutes a major if not terminal crisis for civilization (and possibly even for mankind) and certain technologies…
(This is part 3 in the โCrisis and Inertiaโ series.) Some advances of technology are feared by many. Some of those fears may be justified; others less so. Nuclear weapons…
(This is part 2 in the โCrisis and Inertiaโ series.) Surprisingly many people seem to be under the impression that climate change wonโt really affect them. โSure, it will get…