Category: humanism

• “Why we need Jean-Luc Picard in 2018”

  American Association for the Advancement of Science . Bloomberg New Energy Finance . Buckminster Fuller . humanism . Jean-Luc Picard . Mathematics and Climate Research Network . open source scientific software . Our Children’s Trust . Patrick Stewart . Principles of Planetary Climate . reason . reasonableness . science . Spaceship Earth . Star Trek . Star Trek – The Next Generation . STNG . The Demon Haunted World . the Final Frontier . tragedy of the horizon

  Aug 19.2018
• These are ethical “AI Principles” from Google, but they might as well be `technological principles’

  American Statistical Association . artificial intelligence . basic research . Bayesian . Boston Ethical Society . complex systems . computation . corporate citizenship . corporate responsibility . deep recurrent neural networks . emergent organization . ethical ideals . ethics . extended producer responsibility . friends and colleagues . Google . Google Pixel 2 . humanism . investments . machine learning . mathematics . moral leadership . natural philosophy . politics . risk . science . secularism . technology . The Demon Haunted World . the right to know . Unitarian Universalism . UU . UU Humanists

  Jun 28.2018
• National Academies Statement on Harmful Consequences of Separating Families at the U.S. Border

  an ignorant American public . an uncaring American public . anti-intellectualism . anti-science . children as political casualties . compassion . Donald Trump . humanism . Humans have a lot to answer for . immigration . military inferiority . moral leadership . sadism . the right to be and act stupid . the right to know . torture . Unitarian Universalism . United States Government

  Jun 25.2018
• `How old is today?` (Carl Safina)

  Antarctica . Anthropocene . biology . Carl Safina . Charles Darwin . coastal communities . coasts . ecological services . Ecological Society of America . ecology . Ecology Action . Henry David Thoreau . humanism . Hyper Anthropocene . Nature . population biology . population dynamics

  Nov 20.2017
• What I’m reading …

  American Association for the Advancement of Science . American Statistical Association . ecology . economics . environment . ethics . evidence . humanism . Hyper Anthropocene . indigenous peoples . science . science education

  Mar 1.2017
• Newt Gingrich and Van Jones. Right on.

  American Statistical Association . Bayes . Bayesian . citizen science . criminal justice . Daniel Kahneman . ethics . evidence . fear uncertainty and doubt . humanism . Lives Matter . logistic regression . Markov Chain Monte Carlo . MCMC . organizational failures . population biology . rationality . reasonableness . risk . statistics . Susan Jacoby . the right to know

  Jul 16.2016
• patents disincentivize progress

  business . data centers . destructive economic development . economics . high frequency trading . humanism . Hyper Anthropocene . mathematics . maths . rationality . reasonableness . risk . selfishness . stochastics

  Feb 27.2016
• Pale Blue Dot

  astronomy . astrophysics . atheism . Bill Maher . Bill Nye . bollocks . Boston Ethical Society . Carl Sagan . citizenship . civilization . compassion . ecology . geophysics . humanism . NASA . physical materialism . physics . population biology . Sankey diagram . Spaceship Earth . statistics . stochastics

  Dec 9.2015
• Exxon-Mobil digging its own grave

  Anthropocene . bridge to nowhere . capricious gods . Carbon Cycle . carbon dioxide . Carbon Worshipers . citizenship . civilization . climate change . climate disruption . denial . ecology . energy . energy utilities . environment . Exxon . forecasting . fossil fuels . games of chance . geophysics . global warming . humanism . Hyper Anthropocene . ignorance . meteorology . methane . natural gas . obfuscating data . rationality . reasonableness . science . sustainability . UU Humanists

  Oct 27.2015
• The Art and Science of Stefan Rahmstorf

  Anthropocene . art . bifurcations . carbon dioxide . Cauchy distribution . civilization . climate . climate change . climate disruption . climate education . destructive economic development . disingenuity . ecology . economics . education . environment . ethics . Exxon . games of chance . geophysics . global warming . humanism . Hyper Anthropocene . icesheets . IPCC . James Hansen . mathematics . maths . physical materialism . physics . rationality . reasonableness . science . sea level rise . statistics . sustainability . the right to know

  Sep 18.2015
• Ahmed: arrested for having electronics in his possession simpler than a smart phone

  astronomy . astrophysics . atheism . Bill Nye . Boston Ethical Society . Carl Sagan . citizenship . civilization . Dan Satterfield . disingenuity . education . engineering . ethics . humanism . ignorance . physical materialism . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . Susan Jacoby . the right to know . Unitarian Universalism . UU Humanists

  Sep 17.2015
• Bob Inglis: “Energy optimists. Climate realists.”

  Anthropocene . atheism . bifurcations . Bill Nye . bridge to nowhere . capricious gods . carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . citizenship . civilization . clean disruption . climate change . climate disruption . compassion . conservation . consumption . decentralized electric power generation . decentralized energy . demand-side solutions . destructive economic development . ecology . economics . education . energy reduction . energy utilities . environment . ethics . finance . fossil fuel divestment . global warming . humanism . Hyper Anthropocene . ignorance . investing . investment in wind and solar energy . meteorology . new forms of scientific peer review . NOAA . oceanography . physical materialism . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . sociology . statistics . sustainability . Tea Party . UU Humanists

  Sep 10.2015
• “Ignorance is not a cultural identity to celebrate. “

  Carl Sagan . citizenship . civilization . Dan Satterfield . economics . education . humanism . ignorance . mathematics education . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science education . sociology . Susan Jacoby

  Sep 6.2015
• Yep, power to developing countries as simple as that

  Anthropocene . civilization . clean disruption . climate education . compassion . conservation . consumption . decentralized electric power generation . decentralized energy . destructive economic development . economics . education . efficiency . energy . energy reduction . environment . ethics . fossil fuel divestment . humanism . Hyper Anthropocene . investment in wind and solar energy

  Aug 30.2015
• “Does Local Climate Information Stimulate Action?” | Tyndall°Centre for Climate Change Research ®

  Anthropocene . Boston Ethical Society . carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . citizenship . civilization . clean disruption . climate . climate change . climate disruption . compassion . demand-side solutions . economics . environment . ethics . games of chance . geophysics . global warming . humanism . Hyper Anthropocene . ignorance . meteorology . sociology . temporal myopia . UU Humanists

  Aug 20.2015
• What’s Beef?

  Anthropocene . bridge to nowhere . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate disruption . denial . disingenuity . education . exponential growth . fossil fuel divestment . global warming . humanism . Hyper Anthropocene . ignorance . obfuscating data . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . sociology . sustainability . Uncategorized . zero carbon

  Aug 13.2015
• “Allocating a 2° C cumulative carbon budget to countries”: Gignac and Matthews

  adaptation . Anthropocene . Boston Ethical Society . bridge to nowhere . carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . chance . chemistry . citizen science . citizenship . civilization . clean disruption . climate . climate change . climate disruption . climate education . climate justice . compassion . conservation . consumption . decentralized energy . demand-side solutions . destructive economic development . ecology . education . energy . energy reduction . environment . ethics . forecasting . fossil fuel divestment . fossil fuels . geophysics . global warming . humanism . Hyper Anthropocene . ignorance . investment in wind and solar energy . IPCC . meteorology . mitigation . open source scientific software . physical materialism . physics . population biology . prediction . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . scientific publishing . sociology . solar power . sustainability . temporal myopia . the right to know . time series . UNFCCC . UU Humanists . wind power

  Aug 10.2015
• Draft elements of COP21 agreement for Paris

  Anthropocene . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate disruption . climate justice . compassion . consumption . COP21 . environment . ethics . fossil fuel divestment . global warming . history . humanism . Hyper Anthropocene . investing . IPCC . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . UNFCCC . zero carbon

  Jul 25.2015
• Purity in Disney: Tangled’s Take on Premarital Sex

  Disney . humanism . religion . sex . Uncategorized . Unitarian Universalism . UU Humanists . Walt Disney Company

  Jul 20.2015
• Science Deniers

  Bill Nye . Boston Ethical Society . Carl Sagan . citizen science . citizenship . civilization . climate change . climate zombies . disingenuity . education . environment . geophysics . global warming . history . humanism . ignorance . investing . meteorology . natural philosophy . obfuscating data . rationality . reasonableness . reproducible research . risk . science . science education . sociology . temporal myopia . the right to know

  Jul 20.2015
• Excellent. With musings on religion and mass extinctions.

  art . atheism . Bill Nye . Boston Ethical Society . bridge to nowhere . Carl Sagan . citizenship . climate . climate change . climate education . climate justice . climate zombies . Darwin Day . denial . ecology . environment . ethics . fossil fuels . games of chance . geophysics . global warming . history . humanism . mass extinctions . Neill deGrasse Tyson . physical materialism . politics . population biology . rationality . reasonableness . science . science education . sociology . temporal myopia . the right to know . UU Humanists

  Jul 10.2015
• Climate Justice

  adaptation . Anthropocene . bifurcations . carbon dioxide . carbon dioxide capture . carbon dioxide sequestration . Carbon Tax . citizenship . civilization . clean disruption . climate . climate change . climate disruption . climate education . climate justice . compassion . conservation . consumption . decentralized electric power generation . decentralized energy . demand-side solutions . dynamical systems . economics . education . energy . energy reduction . environment . ethics . fossil fuel divestment . games of chance . geophysics . global warming . history . humanism . investment in wind and solar energy . IPCC . NOAA . oceanography . physics . politics . population biology . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . sociology . temporal myopia . Unitarian Universalism . UU Humanists . zero carbon

  Jul 2.2015
• “Can we avert the post-antibiotic world?”

  adaptation . bacteria . biology . dynamical systems . ecology . environment . evolution . forecasting . humanism . population biology . rationality . statistics . sustainability . temporal myopia

  Jun 28.2015
• “Laudato Si”

  citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate disruption . climate education . compassion . ecology . economics . education . environment . ethics . geophysics . global warming . humanism . IPCC . meteorology . physics . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . sociology . temporal myopia . Unitarian Universalism . UU Humanists . zero carbon

  Jun 18.2015
• “Time to take out the trash”

  carbon dioxide . Carbon Tax . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate disruption . climate education . compassion . conservation . decentralized energy . denial . ecology . economics . education . energy . environment . ethics . exponential growth . fossil fuel divestment . geophysics . global warming . humanism . investment in wind and solar energy . IPCC . living shorelines . meteorology . physics . politics . population biology . public transport . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . sea level rise . sociology . zero carbon

  Jun 15.2015
• On the Climate Club

  citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate disruption . climate education . ecology . economics . education . environment . ethics . geophysics . global warming . humanism . investing . investment in wind and solar energy . IPCC . mathematics . mathematics education . maths . meteorology . NASA . NCAR . NOAA . open data . open source scientific software . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . sociology . state-space models . statistics . stochastic search . stochastics . sustainability . temporal myopia . time series . transparency . Unitarian Universalism . UU Humanists . wind power . zero carbon

  Jun 3.2015
• “I’m sorry.”

  carbon dioxide . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate education . compassion . ecology . economics . education . environment . ethics . fossil fuel divestment . humanism . meteorology . politics . rationality . reasonableness . risk . science . science education . the right to know . Unitarian Universalism . UU Humanists

  Apr 23.2015
• The ShoutROC action on the climate rally, Concord, MA, 19th April 2015.

  Boston Ethical Society . Carbon Tax . citizenship . civilization . climate . climate change . climate education . compassion . conservation . ethics . fossil fuel divestment . history . humanism . reasonableness . the right to know . Unitarian Universalism . UU Humanists

  Apr 20.2015
• Earth Day, my hope

  carbon dioxide . Carl Sagan . Charles Darwin . citizen science . citizenship . civilization . clean disruption . climate . climate change . climate education . compassion . conservation . Darwin Day . demand-side solutions . ecology . economics . education . efficiency . energy reduction . environment . ethics . forecasting . fossil fuel divestment . geophysics . history . humanism . investing . investment in wind and solar energy . IPCC . mathematics . maths . meteorology . NCAR . NOAA . oceanography . open data . open source scientific software . physics . politics . population biology . Principles of Planetary Climate . privacy . probit regression . R . rationality . Ray Pierrehumbert . reasonableness . reproducible research . risk . science . science education . scientific publishing . Scripps Institution of Oceanography . sociology . the right to know . Unitarian Universalism . UU Humanists . WHOI . wind power

  Apr 9.2015
• “This planet comes with limits”

  Anthropocene . biology . carbon dioxide . citizenship . climate change . ecology . environment . forecasting . history . humanism . physics . population biology . rationality . reasonableness . risk

  Apr 5.2015