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I'm With the Experts Warning that A.I.'s Potential for Huge Harms Needs Far More Attention
There's an Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, but nothing like it for other sources of planet-scale, society-wide risk - like AI. That should…
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A Journalism Project Reveals Perils on Earth's "Outlaw Ocean"
You know two-thirds of "Earth" is ocean, but you almost surely don't know everything that happens there. Happily a great journalism initiative continues…
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Respectfully Erik Schmidt, industry can't get AI governance right on its own!
There was a video clip from Meet The Press doing the rounds this weekend with former Google CEO Eric Schmidt claiming that AI is just too complex for…
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"It Was Raining Heavy Redwood Branches"
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Why a Twitter Implosion Could be a Disaster in Disasters
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California's Atmospheric River Blitz is a Mild Reminder of an Inevitable Climatic Calamity
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Gauging Losses and Lessons in Turkey's Unfolding Earthquake Calamity
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Wider Preparedness Lessons from a Stunning Snowboarder Rescue
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When Science and Values Met - at the Vatican
Far too many climate and sustainability debates are framed using numbers when preferences are far more a function of feelings than data.
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Unraveling the Luddite Narrative
A few weeks ago I was asked to write an explainer on Luddites and Neo Luddites for The Conversation. That article has just been published, and as always…
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How to Defeat the Climate Change Complexity Monster
Use key questions to cut amorphous slogans like "climate emergency" into addressable pieces.
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Water Hazard - When Rewilding Bites Back
My 1988 Florida tale of a conservation success amid subtropical surburban sprawl remains relevant as ever more conflicts erupt between people and…
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A Plastics Treaty Will Be Grand, but this Recycling Innovator in Indonesia Isn't Waiting
A pop-up Sustain What conversation with a sustainability-focused entrepreneur building a plastic trash-to-resource business across eastern Indonesia
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Organ Hunter
I've met some remarkable people in my 40 years of journalism. One was this homicide detective who became an organ procurement coordinator for the…
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Why it's Not Too Late for Climate - and What to Do
Listen now (80 min) | A great new book and online project seeks to tug those who are paralyzed or confused by distorted #climateemergency framings…
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