A website exploring the novel's themes of climate change and artificial intelligence
What’s better – an average human plus a computer using a sound process or an expert plus a computer and an average process? You probably guessed. It’s the former and this outcome is sometimes referred to as Kasparov’s Law. Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov held the number one ranking in chess […] Read More
The Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, recently said “..to suggest that at just 1.3% of emissions, that Australia doing something more or less would change the fire outcome this season – I don’t think that stands up to any credible scientific evidence at all.” We’ll examine that statement in a moment. But […] Read More
You can’t shame anyone into taking climate action. It doesn’t work. That’s the advice of the amazing Dr Katharine Hayhoe – climate scientist and evangelical Christian. Her advice is simple – find common ground to talk about climate change, so that we talk to the things that matter most to our hearts. […] Read More
Some new words made it to the dictionary this year. Climate emergency among them…. Back well before 1984, Mr Orwell put the power of language directly into our heads. And we know they matter. Well, this year we see some words that I think will become more than everyday usage. I think […] Read More
The first post on this website was titled A Letter to the Future concerning the loss of a glacier in Iceland. This post looks at the report prepared in November 1982 by Exxon’s Environmental Affairs Program Manager for company management. That’s nearly forty years ago. It contains many prescient facts and forecasts. […] Read More
The Greenland Ice Sheet covers more than 80% of Greenland’s land area and is more than three kilometres deep at its thickest point. If it were to fully melt, the sea level would rise by over 7 meters (23 feet). To fully melt will take a long time. We are talking centuries. […] Read More
William Nordhaus was awarded the “Nobel Prize” for economics in 2018 for his work on climate change economics. This graph is the latest iteration of the climate damage function that Nordhaus and his colleagues developed to estimate the impact of climate change on economic activity. This seemingly benign chart could decide the […] Read More
The following article is short and simple and cuts through the obfuscations of every day noise. We think that it speaks for itself and so we present it below in its entirety, without comment. AT A SUMMIT in Paris in 2015, 188 countries pledged to curb their greenhouse-gas emissions. Collectively, these pledges, […] Read More
In 2019, the OK, Boomer meme really picked up traction. It even has a Wikipedia entry. Most recently we saw New Zealand MP Chloe Swarbrick dismiss an older member of parliament with the term after he interjected during her speech supporting a climate change bill. It went viral. See video below. But […] Read More
We are excited to announce that our novel, Court of the Grandchildren, will be published by Odyssey Books in 2020. Odyssey Books is committed to publishing engaging and beautifully written books. Books that stretch the imagination, challenge pre-existing attitudes and beliefs, or take readers to far-flung climes. Like the Odyssey name suggests, […] Read More