Year: 2015
The Perfect Moral Storm: Philosophers Respond to the Impending Anthropogenic Apocalypse
Wednesday, September 23rd, 2015
For at least the next 200 years, weather forecasts predict shitstorms, with global temperatures now set to remain elevated for hundreds of years to come. The latest IPCC report explains that our emissions are nearing the point of no return. Even if industrialized nations switched to solar power overnight, it is now too late to fully reverse the planet’s course. Geologists have officially termed this new epoch, where the human species has irreparably shaped earth’s geological history, the
Anthropocene. Policymakers no longer have the luxury to decide how we might “stop” global warming. Instead, we have to figure out how we’ll manage amidst climate instability.
The Birthday Dirge
Tuesday, May 12th, 2015
What is “The Birthday Dirge”? “The Birthday Dirge” is sung to the tune of “The Volga Boatmen”. If you don’t know the tune by name, you know it by sound. It’s the depressing sounding Russian folk tune that nearly everyone…
Surviving a Police Encounter: A Guide for Non-whites in America
Saturday, April 11th, 2015
Non-white? Waiting for justice? While you wait, here are some “Dos and Don’ts” should you encounter police:“Surviving a Police Encounter: A Guide for African Americans,” by Christopher Keelty
Rights: The bureaucracy of ethics
Friday, April 3rd, 2015
Okay, “Rights: The bureaucracy of ethics” is an album title, not a band name. I admit it.