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Become a Mindful Sceptic
Question wisely, Think clearly, Act decisively.
Nov 3, 2024 • Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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Understanding Jevons Paradox
Apr 15, 2025 • Dr John Mark Dangerfield
The Number Nobody Will Say
Dec 30, 2025 • Dr John Mark Dangerfield and Christopher Scott
Why Tree Numbers Are Not What They Seem
May 6, 2025 • Dr John Mark Dangerfield
Curiosity, Questions, and Counting Millipedes
May 13, 2025 • Dr John Mark Dangerfield

Being A Mindful Sceptic

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Are Apples Sustainable?
An apple a day is good dietary advice, but is it possible to eat an apple a day indefinitely?
Jan 13 • Dr John Mark Dangerfield
A Graph That Upends Certainty
Why our global feast rides on invisible chemistry and borrowed ground
Dec 16, 2025 • Dr John Mark Dangerfield and Christopher Scott
The Polycrisis Problem
What a broken bottle in the outback teaches us about connections
Nov 18, 2025 • Dr John Mark Dangerfield
🎉 One Year of Clear Thinking
A heartfelt thank-you to everyone who’s read, questioned, and shared in a year of mindful scepticism. Your curiosity and support have made this journey…
Nov 4, 2025 • Dr John Mark Dangerfield and Christopher Scott
Engineered Appetite
What happens when markets meet evolutionary psychology
Oct 14, 2025 • Christopher Scott and Dr John Mark Dangerfield

Uncomfortable Essays

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Mindful farmers’ dilemma
Balancing Productivity and Regeneration in Food Systems
Jan 6 • Dr John Mark Dangerfield
The Foundation We Ignore
How Soil Health Connects Human and Planetary Well-being
Dec 23, 2025 • Dr John Mark Dangerfield
Food Security Blindspots
What Our Agricultural Models Miss About Long-Term Stability
Dec 9, 2025 • Dr John Mark Dangerfield
When Abundance Ends
Political Realignment for a Resource-Constrained World
Nov 25, 2025 • Dr John Mark Dangerfield
Overshoot Displacement Activity
Population Discourse Lets Us Dodge Ecological Reality
Nov 11, 2025 • Dr John Mark Dangerfield

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Fragile Ground
Our humble, overlooked foundation of decomposition
Nov 6, 2025 • Dr John Mark Dangerfield and Christopher Scott
Values Corrupting Logic
Emotional appeals are effective because human values consistently bias the interpretation of facts
Nov 6, 2025 • Dr John Mark Dangerfield
Forced Resource Use
Survival chained to what the earth can give
Nov 6, 2025 • Dr John Mark Dangerfield and Christopher Scott
Invisible Life Support
Survival Hinges on Unseen Organisms
Nov 6, 2025 • Dr John Mark Dangerfield and Christopher Scott
Humility Outlasts Dogma
True scepticism needs intellectual humility and openness to evidence
Nov 6, 2025 • Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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