When we developed written language, we significantly increased our functional memory and our ability to share insights and knowledge across time and …

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Fluid intelligence doesn't look much like the capacity to memorise and recite facts, the skills that people have traditionally associated with brainp…

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The highest compliment I can give a science fiction book is that it's 'plausibly surreal' - it manages to feel like a relentless extrapolation from t…

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Human civilization has been changing the Earths environment for millennia, often to our detriment. Dams, deforestation and urbanization can alter wat…

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Trying to do what your competitors are doing but basically a little bit better is probably not going to be the winning strategy. The problem is findi…

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A good scenario doesn't make a good science fiction story - but it's a setting within which a good science fiction story might be told.

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By ignoring tomorrow, we undermine today.

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The biggest potential and actual crises of the 21st century all have a strong, long, slow aspect with a significant lag between cause and effect. We …

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Resilience is all about being able to overcome the unexpected. Sustainability is about survival. The goal of resilience is to thrive.

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