Can We Speak to Everyone? Humanity stands, once again, at a crossroads. This is not a metaphor. It is the reality of our time. We can continue to deny the scale of the planetary crisis, as some governments and institutions still do—insisting that things are fine, that growth will continue, that nature will adapt to our needs. But pretending has… Read more →
Category: Climate
Reforming Capitalism and the Global Financial System
Is it feasible to reform global capitalism and the international financial system? Perhaps. But as in the case of cutting emissions, it seems likely that intelligent action will be too little too late to prevent ecosystems from collapsing around the world. The idea of reforming the global financial system in time to prevent catastrophic ecological collapse may already be approaching… Read more →
Conclusions: What Should an Intelligent and Humane Immigration Policy Actually Look Like?
When I was growing up, moving from one country to another was not a very difficult thing. Yes, you needed to get a visa, and a residency permit, but these were not impossible to come by. We lived in Mexico, in France, in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada before returning to the United States in 1991. It was no big… Read more →
Chapter 5: Can We Restore the Climate?
The escalating climate crisis has prompted a reevaluation of our goals and strategies. While achieving net-zero emissions is crucial, it may not suffice to ensure a livable future. The concept of climate restoration, championed by physicist and entrepreneur Peter Fiekowsky, advocates for reducing atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations to pre-industrial levels, thereby restoring the climate conditions under which humanity has historically… Read more →
Revised Chapter 3: Restoring the Carbon Balance and Rethinking Climate Solutions
The Earth’s carbon cycle is a delicate system, long in balance before human industrial activity began to disrupt it. This natural system regulates the flow of carbon between the atmosphere, oceans, soil, and biosphere. For most of Earth’s history, it maintained a relatively stable climate, allowing life to flourish. But since the onset of the fossil-fuel age, we have been… Read more →
Chapter 4: Mitigating the Climate Crisis — The Global Carbon Reward
In the face of escalating climate challenges, innovative economic strategies are essential to drive meaningful change.One such proposal is the Global Carbon Reward (GCR), conceptualized by Delton Chen, which introduces a novel approach to incentivizing carbon mitigation efforts through financial rewards. Understanding the Carbon Cycle and Its Imbalance The Earth’s carbon cycle involves the movement of carbon among the atmosphere,… Read more →
Chapter 3: Rebalancing the Carbon Cycle
A Reckoning with Urgency and Innovation The Earth’s carbon cycle is profoundly out of balance. After thousands of years of relative stability, human activity—primarily the burning of fossil fuels and large-scale deforestation—has driven atmospheric carbon dioxide levels to heights not seen in millions of years. Rebalancing the carbon cycle is no longer a question of whether we can afford to… Read more →
Conclusions: Our Letter to the Future
A recent headline in the Washington Post stated, Writing to the future is one of the most powerful climate actions you can take Social scientists say writing a letter to loved ones in the future can overcome a critical climate problem: inaction. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/04/29/climate-action-letter-to-the-future/ Apparently, having people write letters to their future children is one of the best ways to motivate… Read more →
Chapter 6: Rethinking the Economy: From Extraction to Regeneration
The economy as we know it is not a law of nature. It is a human construct, based on a set of assumptions, incentives, and institutions that have evolved over time. Yet today, these assumptions no longer serve the wellbeing of humanity or the living systems on which all life depends. As climate change, biodiversity loss, and social inequality converge… Read more →