We Can’t Innovate Our Way Out of Ecocide
April 22, 2024
Gregory M. Thaler— Palm oil is the world’s most traded vegetable oil, popping up in everything from ice cream to packaged bread to lipstick. This global glut of cheap palm-based… READ MORE
Category: Science
Cannabis and Hashish in the West: The Colonial Origins
April 20, 2024
Mike Jay— The first sustained interaction between the modern West and the hashish eaters of the Arab world occurred during Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt in 1798, which culminated in a… READ MORE
Prius Politics: How Toyota Won the Hybrid Car Market
April 8, 2024
Uri Gneezy— In 1999, just a few months apart, Toyota and Honda introduced their hybrid cars to the US market. They were the first, and much anticipated, hybrid cars in… READ MORE
The High-Tech Revolution is Transforming the Very Foundations of Human Existence
April 4, 2024
Bruce Ackerman— For the first time in history, all of us are living two lives at once — engaging in distant relationships on the internet while dealing with one another… READ MORE
Provincials, Light and Grass
April 3, 2024
Sumana Roy— I’d sometimes wonder whether I’d still be a provincial if I were the only person on this planet. The next immediate thought is—are there provinces on other planets?… READ MORE
Earth Month Reading List 2024
April 1, 2024
First observed on April 22nd, 1970, Earth Day mobilizes support for environmental protection across the globe. Earth Month emerged in 1990, reconizing the global impact of Earth Day. Celebrate Earth… READ MORE
Helen Ziska: The Unknown Artist Who Kept the March of Progress Image Alive
March 25, 2024
Gowan Dawson— The march of progress image shows a series of ape-like creatures that become progressively taller and more erect before reaching the upright human form. It is one of… READ MORE
Navigating A Saltier Future
March 22, 2024
David Sedlak— World Water Day normally includes discussions about the struggle to provide water to meet the needs of people and the environment. In the coming decades, crises related to… READ MORE
Humanity’s Group Size Problem
March 6, 2024
Paul R. Ehrlich— Many of our problems seem traceable to Homo sapiens being a small-group animal, most comfortable in collections of under 150 people or so, the so-called Dunbar’s number…. READ MORE
Not Your Typical “Eco-Freak”
February 22, 2024
Brian Balogh— “The very first thing I thought to do, and I told our board of directors instantly, we must all buy shares of stock. And they looked at me… READ MORE
Writing a History of Ignorance