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Climate Crisis Series

Post 3 - What to do next

Aug 2, 2019
This is the third post in a series on the climate crisis. Post 1 declares the crisis. Post 2 is about the rising youth movement. Today’s post is about what to do next. The first and most urgent step everyone can take is Read more

Post 2 - Youth Rising

Aug 1, 2019
Yesterday evening in the Democratic Debates, Andrew Yang made a key observation in his closing remarks: the debates and their coverage are a reality show, which is exactly how we wound up with a reality show president last time. From Read more

Post 2 - Reasons for Optimism

Jul 31, 2019
This post is the second part in a series on the climate crisis (Part 1). Earlier this year I gave a talk titled Reasons for Optimism. In it I refer to the Fridays for Future movement started by the amazing Greta Thunberg as giving me hope. It Read more

Post 1 - Recommended Readings

Jul 29, 2019
I no longer say “climate crisis” – instead I now call it what it is, the “climate crisis.” If you don’t think it is a crisis, I recommend the following readings. Deep Adaptation PNAS Article Both papers – in very different ways – Read more

Talk on AI and Attention

Jul 26, 2019
Here is a talk which I gave at the Rise of AI conference in Berlin earlier this year on the topic of Artificial Intelligence and the allocation of attention. It explicitly links what is happening online to the climate crisis. Read more

The Trouble with Emoji

Jul 22, 2019
I know several wonderful people involved with the process of creating new emoji and occasionally see them celebrating an addition. I understand the motivation for representing more people, such as the recent addition of interskintone couples. And yet, each time Read more