Historically, the idea that you take something novel and you break it has been seen as the ultimate rejection of Enlightenment values, of progress, o….

Climate change is there as a reminder that we can get richer and safer societies that are also consuming more and more to the point where the stabili….

I'm all in favor of being able to imagine new frontiers with the aid of technologies, but I want a more compassionate approach that also recognizes t….

I'm trying to make people more alert that mere acceptance isn't a good enough indicator that something is ethical. You actually need to stop and thin….

I want a society in which we don't throw things and people away with quite the abandon we do, especially people. This is why the idea of disruptive t….

I am kind of a sucker for democracy, so I do think that what kinds of citizens we have in our societies are more foundational than what kinds of gove….

We need a more widely shared burden on the part of society to keep asking, "What are our collective values, what kind of world do we want to bequeath….