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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 • Dr John Mark Dangerfield
Why Tree Numbers Are Not What They Seem
May 6 • Dr John Mark Dangerfield
Curiosity, Questions, and Counting Millipedes
May 13 • Dr John Mark Dangerfield
The Long Emergency
Aug 16 • Dr John Mark Dangerfield

Being A Mindful Sceptic

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Engineered Appetite
What happens when markets meet evolutionary psychology
Oct 14 • 
Christopher Scott
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
Living on a Borrowed Earth
Why humanity uses 1.7 planets' worth of resources and what mindful sceptics need to know
Oct 6 • 
Dr John Mark Dangerfield
Coal-fired Teslas
Electric cars and the uncomfortable truth about technologies that promise change without sacrifice
Sep 22 • 
Dr John Mark Dangerfield
Fish On Friday
From Australian fish & chips to global aquaculture—how mindful scepticism reveals the truth behind "sustainable seafood" claims. Critical thinking tools…
Sep 8 • 
Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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Christopher Scott
The Calorie Paradox
We eat oil with every meal. Discover how our greatest food triumph depends on fossil fuels and what mindful sceptics should know.
Aug 25 • 
Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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Christopher Scott

Uncomfortable Essays

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When Abundance Ends
Political Realignment for a Resource-Constrained World
Nov 25 • 
Dr John Mark Dangerfield
Overshoot Displacement Activity
Population Discourse Lets Us Dodge Ecological Reality
Nov 11 • 
Dr John Mark Dangerfield
Technology As Comfort
How Our Faith in Innovation Becomes a Barrier to Real Adaptation
Oct 21 • 
Dr John Mark Dangerfield
Sustaining What?
The Contested Meanings of an Overused Ideal
Oct 11 • 
Dr John Mark Dangerfield
Beyond Tribal Thinking
My tribe needs resources and deserves them more than any other tribe, especially yours.
Sep 27 • 
Dr John Mark Dangerfield

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