I. The Philosophical Argument I find the concept of the Anthropocene to be the most philosophically compelling notion of the current age. Technically, the Anthropocene is not a philosophy, it’s a physical manifestation, but one that has critical implications for how we think about the world, relate to one another, and to nature. I grew up in a time when wild places, unexplored places, no longer really existed, the Poles conquered, Everest climbed, and then a Man on the Moon.

This is a poem I wrote in 2013. This month the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is 426.5 ppm. I still have not stood next to, or near, a 'famous person of eminence' so far as I am aware (not very :-). It matters not, as we continue unabated to experience rarity in a form the majority of us, especially those without eminence, will likely regret. 400 ppm   In 1958 Charles Keeling Began measuring the concentration Of carbon dioxide in the troposphere On the Hawa

There’s far more causality between paying attention to the news, or worse social media, these days and becoming deranged, than there is between using Tylenol and either 'getting autism', or if you are a pregnant woman, using Tylenol, causing your child to 'get autism'. The joint announcement by the current President and HHS Secretary RF Kennedy that Tylenol, or its primary functional ingredient, acetaminophen, causes autism is another example of the erosion of trust and perh