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Over What Fraction of our Share of Emissions do we have Agency?
Let’s start by defining what one’s ‘share’ of emissions are, beginning with the Global Average Citizen (GAC). A GAC is the in-every-way-average human on the planet, at least as far as climate…
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The Hero Generation of Our Species
We are all familiar with the narrative of a parent struggling to create the opportunity for a better life for their child. A product of the hard lives of his own parents,…
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What is the most impactful way to use a square meter of sun-exposed surface area to mitigate climate change?
The Question What is the most impactful way to use a square meter of sun-exposed surface area to mitigate climate change, measured over the next 20 years? Imagine you have a spare…
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The Present Through the Lens of the Future – Complete
Imagine it is 500 years in the future and there is a student whatever-the-equivalent of ‘reading’ whatever-is-the-equivalent of a ‘book’ of history about our present. What will be considered the grand challenge…
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What COVID Can Teach Us About Climate Action
We are amidst an unprecedented situation: the first truly global crisis in the modern age of digital communication. The magnitude: a 2-3% mortality rate pandemic with potential for seasonal return. Global markets…
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Aspiration
An idealist believes she can be better. A perfectionist believes she already should be. You know the score. We are responsible for, and aware of, a rapidly changing climate, the consequences of…
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Cement Rocks
The Question What must be true for silicates to substantially globally displace carbonates as the feedstock for the current emissions-intensive cement manufacturing process? The Problem/Opportunity Silicates are wildly abundant, making up the…
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It’s Not Easy Being Green
Hey you. You organic-eating, fair-trade consuming, straw-abandoning hyper-privileged human with a heart of gold. You care about appearing, and maybe even being, ‘green’. How certain are you that your choices made in…
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The Present Through the Lens of the Future – Part 8 – Polarization vs. Homogeneity
Imagine it is 500 years in the future and there is a student whatever-the-equivalent of ‘reading’ whatever-is-the-equivalent of a ‘book’ of history about our present. What will be considered the grand challenge…
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The Present Through the Lens of the Future – Part 7 – Digital Life
Imagine it is 500 years in the future and there is a student whatever-the-equivalent of ‘reading’ whatever-is-the-equivalent of a ‘book’ of history about our present. What will be considered the grand challenge…
