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Become a Mindful Sceptic
Question wisely, Think clearly, Act decisively.
Nov 3, 2024
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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Understanding Jevons Paradox
Apr 15, 2025
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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The Number Nobody Will Say
Dec 30, 2025
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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Christopher Scott
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Why Tree Numbers Are Not What They Seem
May 6, 2025
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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Nobody's Fault
Aug 25
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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A Cautionary Tale
An unprecedented investment of capital is happening with unknown consequences
Oct 13
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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Counting Sheep
Australia still has a flock big enough to shape landscapes, and the real story is not headcount, it is inputs and losses.
Oct 6
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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Insight | Competitive Machines
Restraint Loses to the Institutional Rival Who Won’t Hesitate
Sep 29
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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Christopher Scott
Insight | Business-As-Usual Will Fail
Why continuing our current trajectory is not a choice, but a physical impossibility on a finite planet.
Sep 22
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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Insight | The Anti-Lemming Move
Act without the narcotic of prediction
Sep 15
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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Christopher Scott
Being A Mindful Sceptic
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A Cautionary Tale
An unprecedented investment of capital is happening with unknown consequences
Oct 13
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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Unsustainable Food Production
Notes from the Insight Vault on… Feeding Everyone
Jan 27
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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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
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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A Graph That Upends Certainty
Why our global feast rides on invisible chemistry and borrowed ground
Dec 16, 2025
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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Christopher Scott
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The Polycrisis Problem
What a broken bottle in the outback teaches us about connections
Nov 18, 2025
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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Uncomfortable Essays
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Nobody's Fault
The blame reflex in an overshoot world
Aug 25
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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The Evolutionary Mismatch
We are back Where Evolution Left Us
Jul 28
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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Politics of Time
Why Long-Term Thinking Is No Guarantee of Justice or Wisdom
Jun 30
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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Homesick At Home
Unprocessed Ecological Loss Leaks Into the Way We Fight, Freeze, and Fragment
Jun 2
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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Oil Into Food
Why modern farming turns fossil energy into calories
May 12
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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Insight | Competitive Machines
Restraint Loses to the Institutional Rival Who Won’t Hesitate
Sep 29
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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Christopher Scott
Insight | Business-As-Usual Will Fail
Why continuing our current trajectory is not a choice, but a physical impossibility on a finite planet.
Sep 22
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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Insight | The Anti-Lemming Move
Act without the narcotic of prediction
Sep 15
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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Christopher Scott
Facts Without a Frame
A Systems Spine for why evidence is inert until it is written into a moving story.
Sep 8
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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Christopher Scott
Dignity Before Proof
A Systems Spine for designing policy that reduces identity threat as constraints tighten
Jul 15
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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Christopher Scott
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