No sustainable paradigm is attainable without gradual population reduction
This system generates gross worldwide inequality, producing tremendous social injustice by exploiting communities and their habitats.
The Purpose of Human Existence (why we are here)
Purpose for humans is about more than surviving and reproducing. It’s about what we believe we should do in the brief time we're alive.
Will there be a human level Artificial Intelligence by 2030?
2030 is the most likely date by which humans may lose an effective control over AI. This is the AI’s tipping point.
The impact of immigration policy on future U.S. population size
Americans and America's major political parties have sharply diverging views regarding proper immigration levels.
Do States’ Rights Include the Right to a State Religion?
Thomas Jefferson rejoiced with John Adams when the Congregational church was finally disestablished in Connecticut in 1818.
What Would Change Your Mind About God?
Uncertainty about the existence of a god should rank with uncertainty about things like fairies in the bottom of the garden.
On the Right to Have Rights If There Is No God There to Grant Any
The Bible is inadequate for protecting human rights that all modern Americans take for granted as obviously wise and just rights.
Base editing is a landmark addition to the CRISPR family
It's very exciting that the first clinical trials are starting, with CRISPR–Cas9 and now also with base editing.
We are not running out of people. We are running out of planet.
Homo sapiens, the knowing animal, has the capacity for self-awareness and self-correction. We can do much better with much fewer.
Breaking the Grip of Indoctrination
What a fragile thing belief is! Yet disbelief is trending: surveys have shown that many people now identify as “nones”.

























