Spot the Adult
Say you’re shopping in your neighbourhood grocery store. A woman enters along with her young toddler. She makes the mistake of walking past the...
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Trashing Climate Change Will Solve Everything
It seems that every time I go to facebook, or read the news elsewhere on the Internet, there are more and more advocates trotting out reasons why...
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Don’t Listen to Me
In several of my past blog posts, I’ve tried to point out that human overconsumption is at the root of almost all of the Earth’s environmental...
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What is Human Nature?
The most common definition given in dictionaries is: “the ways of thinking, feeling, and acting that are common to most people” And the most...
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Just Stop Oil
We see the banners, protests, and activist stunts everywhere, with the same message: Just Stop Oil. At a certain level, I agree with that...
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An Unexpected Super-power
I am old. I’ve reached a point in my life where there’s no denying it (not that I ever denied it anyway). People offer me their seat on the bus. I...
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Work and Fulfillment
One the first jobs I ever had, when I was 17 years old, was working on a ‘line’ survey for the Dempster Highway, in Yukon territory, Canada. A...
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A Thought Experiment
Let’s play Albert Einstein and do a thought experiment. Your friend calls you up and asks you to come over – he’s having an emergency – his...
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How I (don’t) Watch, Listen to, or Otherwise Engage with Advertising
Advertising is brainwashing. The thinking person should do everything in their power to avoid being influenced by it. Advertisers note –...
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Do You Really Want to Save the Planet? Really? Really?
Our planet is in big trouble. We see the increase in violent storms, the forest fires, the heat domes, the droughts and floods, the mass...
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My Literary Secret Weapon
I have a literary secret weapon. In fact, it’s so good I’m reluctant to spread the word about it, for fear of giving up what I consider a big...
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Who Owns the World?
“I want to preserve the natural world for my grandchildren.” How many times have I heard statements like this regarding Mother Nature and the...
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