Philosophy

Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson suggest that smart governance and innovation can solve most of society’s problems in their book Abundance. Their vision emphasizes building—more housing, infrastructure, clean energy, and scientific…

The failure of the climate movement isn’t just political or scientific—it’s philosophical. At its core is a reductionist mindset: isolate one culprit, pursue one goal, rally around one fix. Fossil…

Why is lying to yourself worse than lying to others? Rod Dreher recently reflected on this question, answering: because it reveals a deeper failure to confront reality. He pointed to…

The foundational myth of modernity is that infinite economic growth can be sustained on finite energy. This isn’t science—it’s faith in a technological miracle, a sacred narrative that defies physical…

As the liberal world order unravels, most are busy grieving its loss rather than trying to understand what’s really going on. Blame is everywhere—at leaders, at policies, at the right,…

The digital age tempts us with infinite choice and distraction, but beneath the noise is a quieter truth: survival now depends on learning to be satisfied with the real, imperfect…

“I don’t have much hope for this century,” Kristine Tompkins of said in a recent interview. She’s the CEO of Patagonia, and was speaking about the rapid unraveling of ecological…

At the heart of the human predicament lies an uneasy—and often unexamined—relationship with science. We’ve come to treat science not just as a tool, but as a worldview. Once a…

In The End of Climate-Change Idealism, I challenged the failed paradigm that renewables can “solve” climate change. The reactions were revealing. Some dismissed me as too pessimistic for rejecting easy…

Storytelling isn’t a luxury—it’s how we understand the world and our place in it. Our ancestors took survival seriously. We don’t. Instead, we’ve built a culture of distraction and excess, severed from traditional…