Population and Policy—A Rejoinder to Szurmak and Desrochers S&D argue that market economies will fix all negative side-effects of technological development spontaneously because of the commercial value of the effluents. Christian Berggren 22 Dec 2018 · 5 min read
The One-sided Worldview of Eco-Pessimists Pessimists see the goal of human activity as minimizing human impacts; optimists understand the goal of human activity to be maximizing human flourishing. Joanna Szurmak and Pierre Desrochers 3 Dec 2018 · 14 min read
Do Parents Make a Difference? A Public Debate in London Plomin made it clear he wasn’t claiming genetic differences accounted for all the differences in how children turn out. Toby Young 16 Nov 2018 · 10 min read
Forget Nature Versus Nurture. Nature Has Won Plomin tries to present this cascade of new information about the genetic influence on human behavior in a way that will positively affect human behavior – but his own work suggests the impact of such arguments will be limited. Gregory Cochran 25 Sep 2018 · 7 min read
Danger's Deliverance Even the most dangerous things hold enormous potential to save lives. Michael Shellenberger 23 Aug 2018 · 10 min read
The Limits of Expertise People value expertise in closed systems, but are distrustful of expertise in open systems. Alex Smith 4 Jun 2018 · 7 min read
The Case for Sustainable Meat Taken at face value, this estimate is shocking and may on its own be responsible for switching tens of thousands of people away from eating meat. Keir Watson 5 Apr 2018 · 11 min read
The Ethical Case for Conservation The conservation of nature is an ethical imperative. Every sentient being’s welfare – human or non-human – should be taken into account in our moral considerations. Bernardo Araujo 25 Jan 2018 · 7 min read
Should We Be Worried About GMOs? GMOs interact with wider global systems that they could potentially undermine, with terrible consequence. Simon Beard and Rachel Polfer 28 Nov 2017 · 6 min read
