How Anti-Humanism Conquered the Left
There are some notable environmentalists who recognize the fact that humans are capable of creating abundance instead of scarcity.
Chelsea Follett
· 7 min read
Environment
A collection of 70 posts
Our Suicidal Elites
The mixing of environmentalism and socialism may yet become a mortal threat to the current oligarchy. In the American plutocrat-funded Democratic Party, there is more support for socialism than for capitalism.
Joel Kotkin
· 9 min read
Teenage Climate-Change Protestors Have No Idea What They’re Protesting
Our decisions tend to be rooted not in scientific analysis but in emotional reaction; and we tend to see protest not as a tool for social or legislative change, but simply as a chance to upset the status quo.
Felix Kirkby
· 4 min read
Self-Harm Versus the Greater Good: Greta Thunberg and Child Activism
A workplace strike shows company owners and management that workers are able to harm them economically. A school strike, on the other hand, constitutes a form of self-harm, undertaken to attract adult attention.
Paulina Neuding
· 7 min read
When a Question of Science Brooks No Dissent
Back in December 2012, six days after a mass shooting ended the lives of 20 students and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown
Myles Weber
· 14 min read
The Environment Is too Important to Leave to Environmentalists
We know enough to understand that we should be taking serious action. The fact that the only groups advocating action at the moment are demanding questionable strategies doesn’t change that.
Mallen Baker
· 13 min read
Why Renewables Can’t Save the Planet
Dealing with energy sources that are inherently unreliable, and require large amounts of land, comes at a high economic cost.
Michael Shellenberger
· 10 min read
Plastic Pollution is a Real Problem—and It Won't Be Solved by Straw Bans
Majority of micro-plastics emerge as a waste product from the laundering of synthetic clothing and the wear-down of synthetic rubber automobile tyres.
Andrew Glover
· 6 min read
The Right Needs To Grow Up On Environmentalism
All of us hope to enjoy our lives, of course, but much of what we do to help our fellow men, our children, and our children’s children involves sacrificing our immediate enjoyment for the sake of their interests.
Ben Sixsmith
· 10 min read
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
· 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
· 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
· 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
· 7 min read
The Saving Power in Danger
Even the most dangerous things hold enormous potential to save lives.
Michael Shellenberger
· 10 min read
The Limits of Expertise
People value expertise in closed systems, but are distrustful of expertise in open systems.
Alex Smith
· 7 min read