A Meaningful Life, A Better World

Anne and I want a world where every sentient being has a life worth living, where every sentient being is treated with respect and compassio...

Hilarious song: Give Back My Heart How Nature Removes CO2, and How We Can Too As mentioned previously, EK wrote a research paper in 2012 sho...

First, please share this amazingly beautiful song . Feedback we got: I wanted to let you know I’ve been thinking about your work. I don’t co...

Side note: Flooding in Tucson . This is right by us. Check out the second video specifically . ( Direct link to that video .) None of the be...

Also:  A New Ice Age Was Beginning. Then Humans Started Burning Fossil Fuels   As always, click on any for larger version.

It's a cat in a bas(ket) This video is just too good   (below). Would love to play this in a church. H/T Dan. (And this is funny, too; ...

  Speaking of smart people , Anne and I recently heard a very smart person rant against AI: “I want all the medical advances, and I want to ...

I don't see this as red, but Anne assures me it is bright. Many people have attacked my position on eradicating malaria-carrying mosquit...

If you'd like to review the new pdf of Losing My Religions, please contact me or click here . TY! This whole thing (video or transcript...

Sunset Crater National Monument. In “ Our Future Robot Overlords Are Better ,” about an organization supposedly dedicated to suffering, I w...

  If you buy into the "young people are doomed" narrative, you might want to consider the actual facts , not the vibes on social m...

Scott Turow This by Adam M might be his best. Worth actually reading in full.  TBH, 90+% of articles I come across, I have Q read and summa...

First a laugh : Second:  a free non-zero-sum game from our pal James! Third (not a laugh): The mass extinction of vegan restaurants (from ...

(A scratching post in the foreground.)   This discussion between Malcolm Gladwell and Barack Obama is really thought-provoking. Be sure to ...

Anyone who has read this blog for a while ( 1 , 2 ) or Losing My Religions knows I’m not a patriot.  I’m not proud to be an American. I’m f...