Climate Resilience & Environmental Stewardship
Climate Resilience & Environmental Stewardship Contents I. The Planet Has Operating Limits II. Question the Framing, Not the Physics III. Mitigation and Adaptation IV. Stewardship: Biodiversity, Oceans, Land, and Food V. Eco-Grief as a Sane Response VI. Climate & Stewardship VII. Takeaway VIII. Cross-Links The living planet is a self-regulating body being pushed out of […]
The Mental Health of the Planet
The Mental Health of the Planet Contents I. Unresolved Trauma II. The Treatment Gap III. Healing at Scale IV. Distress in a Comfortable World V. The Widening Circle of Healing VI. The Mental Health of the Planet VII. Takeaway VIII. Cross-Links Humanity’s collective nervous system is dysregulated by histories of violence, displacement, and loss that […]
Technology, Regulation & Human Autonomy
Technology, Regulation & Human Autonomy Contents I. The Governance Gap II. The Concentration problem III. What Governing for Autonomy Looks Like IV. The Biotech Frontier V. The Choice Is Still Open VI. Technology, Regulation, & Autonomy VII. Takeaway VIII. Cross-Links Global technology should not sacrifice biological truth or human autonomy. The force reshaping humanity fastest […]
Policy, Advocacy & Anti-Corruption
Policy, Advocacy & Anti-Corruption Contents I. Why Capture Is the Default II. The Manufactured Faith in Process III. What Resists Capture IV. Policies Worth the Fight V. Policy & Anti-Corruption VI. Takeaway VII. Cross-Links Every large system concentrates power, and concentrated power is captured by default, so the central question of governance is not what […]
Global Health Systems & Regulations
Global Health Systems & Regulations Contents I. Two Stories, Both Incomplete II. What the Pandemic Revealed III. The Polycentric Alternative IV. Coordination V. Reading the Field Critically VI. Global Health Cheat Sheet VII. Takeaway VIII. Cross-Links Health does not stop at borders, and neither should responsibility. A pathogen does not check passports, a polluted river […]
Our Social History
Our Social History Contents I. The Coordination Problem II. Gossip: The Social Operating System III. Language: The Coordination Engine IV. Shared Fictions: The Real Superpower V. The Status Game VI. Storytelling: How Groups Think VII. The In-Group and the Shadow of Sharing VIII. Gossip Networks at Scale: God, Media, Internet IX. What We Do Not […]
Our Technological History
Our Technological History Contents I. Capturing External Energy II. Domestication: Engines of Flesh III. The Mixed Blessing of Agriculture IV. The Collective Brain V. Harnessing the Elements VI. The Energy Economy, and the Nine-Ton Human VII. The Delayed Consequences VIII. Building a Better Zoo IX. What We Do Not Know X. The Takeaway XI. Cross-Links […]
The Alien’s Guide to the Human
The Alien’s Guide to the Human A non-biased view of the human being. Every other page in this section was written by a human about humans, which means every other page is, to some degree, compromised. We cannot help flattering ourselves, or in the modern fashion, theatrically loathing ourselves, which is just flattery wearing […]
The Earth
The Earth Contents I. The Shield That Made the Surface Safe II. The Great Cycles III. The Web of Life IV. The River Theory V. The Role We Have in the System VI. Cross-Links Our home, and how the elements tie together into one living system. The four pages before this one pulled the […]
The Sun
The Sun Contents I. The Furnace and the Gradient II. The Gateway: Photosynthesis III. Captured Sunlight, Flowing and Fading IV. Light as Information V. Holding it Together: Gravity VI. You Are Running on Sunlight VII. Cross-Links The accelerant of entropy for everything that lives here. Nearly everything alive on this planet is running on […]