In Defence of a High-Energy Future
In response to global warming, countries all over the world have been devising plans for a transition to clean energy sources. But how much of this clean energy will we…
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Simon Friederich
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Simon Friederich is Associate Professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. His research focuses on philosophy of physics, epistemology, and, in general, questions that strike him as relevant to the future of humanity.
Is Michael Shellenberger’s “Apocalypse Never” an Ecomodernist Work?
Michael Shellenberger’s recent book Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All has received enormous media attention in the relevant circles. There has been much dispute over the book’s factual…
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The Covid Wake-Up Call: Protecting Humanity Against Global Disasters
Should humanity have seen this pandemic coming? A 2007 scientific study called coronaviruses in bats a “time bomb.” In a 2015 TED lecture, Bill Gates warned that “we are not…
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