Science, at its core, is simply a method of practical logic that tests hypotheses against experience. Scientism, by contrast, is the worldview and va….

One the one hand, our economists treat human beings as rational actors making choices to maximize their own economic benefit. On the other hand, the ….

There’s no such thing as technology in the singular, only technologies in the plural..

... the future is under no obligation to wait patiently while we get ready for it..

When people insist, as so many of them do, that of course we'll overcome the limits to growth and every other obstacle to our allegedly preordained d….

EROEI [energy returned on energy invested, or net energy] is to a civilization what gross profit is to a business, the source of the surplus that sup….

I've long suspected that one of the reasons why human beings haven't yet figured out how to carry on a conversation with bottlenosed porpoises, Afric….

It's still popular to ... insist that globalization is a rising tide that lifts all boats, but the hard reality is that the last thirty years have se….

Between the poor and any appreciation for modern science stands a wall made of failed schools, defunded libraries, denied opportunities, and the syst….

Authenticity is about where it comes from; validity is about whether it works..