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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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Curiosity, Questions, and Counting Millipedes
May 13, 2025
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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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Reimagining Education
Preparing Young People for a World of Limits and Possibilities
Apr 14
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
Rethinking Equity
All bets are off in a zero-sum game unless we decide otherwise.
Mar 31
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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Entropy’s Tough Truth
Why true sustainability is an impossible dream
Mar 17
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
Dignity Under Constraint
Maintaining Human Values When Abundance Recedes
Mar 3
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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From Apocalypse to Adaptation
Reframing Narratives of Environmental Crisis
Feb 17
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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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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Evidence Isn’t Enough
Stories Do the Heavy Lifting for Data
Feb 20
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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Christopher Scott
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Green Persuasion Backfires
Why your favourite environmental campaign is only preaching to the choir
Feb 19
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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Christopher Scott
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Facts Lose to Fur
Insight from the Mindful Sceptics Guide to Saving the Koala
Feb 19
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Dr John Mark Dangerfield
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Christopher Scott
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