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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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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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Curiosity, Questions, and Counting Millipedes
May 13, 2025
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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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Insight | Drift Is The Story
By the time evidence reaches you, something has changed
Aug 18
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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Christopher Scott
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When Land Stops Paying
Agricultural land abandonment looks like nature returning until you follow the incentives, the displaced production, and the biophysical limits…
Aug 11
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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Insight | The Scrolling Teacher
The algorithm forgets on purpose
Aug 4
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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Christopher Scott
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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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Being A Mindful Sceptic
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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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🎉 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
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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Christopher Scott
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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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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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Overshoot is a Process
A Systems Spine for Technology That Buys Time, Not Escape
May 26
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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Christopher Scott
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Disturbance Is Not Failure
A Systems Spine for conserving ecological function in a moving world
Apr 21
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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Christopher Scott
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Soil Fertility Is Not Free
A Systems Spine for maintaining decomposer networks that feed civilisation
Mar 24
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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Christopher Scott
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Net Energy Realities
A Systems Spine for tracing the causal chain from energy subsidies to net energy limits.
Feb 24
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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Christopher Scott
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