Are you an adolescent? Then this post is about the Power of You. One almost-person can make a difference. And you’re never too young to follow these tips. You don’t need an SAT score to change the climate from an intrinsically-changing entity to a less-changing one for the first time in 4.5bn years. When … Continue reading
Author Archives: Brad Keyes
My Year As A Believer, Part 5
WHICH, like everything else, brings us ineluctably back to climate change. We’d decided early on to raise the baby in our beliefs. Later, if Hunter chose to abandon the science as an informed adult, we’d respect that mistake. We might not love him or her quite as much—can anything really restore the filial bond after … Continue reading
Excuses, excuses
I know, I know, I promised to write you a lengthy epistle days ago. And it’s not as if I’m unaware, or anything like that, of my duty to blog. Rest assured: yes, with such a powerful voice comes a keen knowledge of the debt I owe your children, and your children’s children, to use … Continue reading
L’Appell du Vide
I’d Bash That: Geek goddess Naomi Oreskes [pictured] may be the hottest date on the climate scene right now, but mental mediocrity is her number 1 turnoff. Only superuser-level nerds need apply, she told Playdork Australia. Who can afford to wait in line for such a ripe pluck? Here’s your back door pass for unlimited … Continue reading
Back when the world seemed brimming with limitless potential
Hands up if you remember what the universe felt like back in the heady days of Donald Trump’s (first) inauguration, when ordinary Americans allowed themselves to hope—as they do, for a brief but magical interlude, every four years—that This Time Isn’t Going To Suck As Much? The air was moving. Movement was in the air. … Continue reading
THAT IS ALL
What was Willard thinking? He and I had spent the last couple of days spar-o-matically hyperfine sparring over evidence vs testimony vs opinion vs science vs What Is Science and other wurdz that if you’re already bored by, you needn’t bother reading on. This afternoon, for no patent reason, Willard decided to retweet what may … Continue reading
My Year As A Believer, Part 4: Part 3, Part 2 (Part 1)
From an early age I’d accepted that I would never have children. One of my first memories is of the kindly family doctor who explained how my chromosomes weren’t like more than 50% of people’s. “This doesn’t make you less than the other kids,” she said. “It just makes you a boy.” I still have … Continue reading
