(Written with Darcia Narvaez, PhD, for Global Solutions on their blog: https://www.global-solutions-initiative.org/article/re-nesting-humanity-the-key-step-to-solving-climate-change/) “I used to think the top global environmental problems were biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and climate change. I …
Trump, Musk, and whatever the hell this weird Doge-libertarian-techno-utopian movement is—they actually have a point: our government is bloated, dysfunctional, and riddled with inefficiency. Anyone who’s had to navigate the …
The Republicans did not win the election cycle so much as the Democrats lost it—full stop. This means that the Democrats need to do some serious self-reflection. If you sat …
The title says it all. People who proudly label themselves pronatalists—those who believe we should have as many children as possible to “save civilization”—are some of the most delusional, self-absorbed …
There exists one and only one solution to climate change. This is not hyperbole. This is realism in its entirety. Every other proposed solution is a half-measure to the defining …
Once we come to terms with the reality that we are all, to varying degrees, predisposed to tribal thinking and racist inclinations, the next step is to reimagine how we …
We like to think of ourselves as rational beings, adept at evolving beyond our primal instincts, but the truth is that human nature—whether we care to admit it or not—has …
Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens has kept its place on the NYT bestsellers list for years, and with it, he’s reshaped how we view human history. His sweeping, bold narrative about …
I hate to burst your bubble, but America ain’t the free country most folks think it is. We used to be freer, sure, back when powdered wigs were all the …
(Published in the online magazine This View of Life on Jan. 23, 2025) In 1859, Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species forever changed how we understand the natural world—and our place …