George L Paul, Esq.
@georgepaul.bsky.social
Yale Law School. Naturalist. Futurist. Author of books and articles about legal philosophy, the philosophy of language, complexity theory, non-linear transformations. Birder. Diver. Backpacker.
Sound recordist. Active Participant in UNCED.
Sound recordist. Active Participant in UNCED.
How much pollution do these space tourism flight cause? How many kids will starve as a result of such self-indulgent hyper-consumption? Disappointed that Society celebrates this behavior.
April 15, 2025 at 12:47 AM
How much pollution do these space tourism flight cause? How many kids will starve as a result of such self-indulgent hyper-consumption? Disappointed that Society celebrates this behavior.
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I know this is extremely vulgar idealism, but I do think we should try to aggressively reassert the norm that lying is bad. Not in a "Four Pinnochios" fact-checking kind of way, but in a way that frames this kind of lying as moral degeneracy that is fundamentally corrosive to the human spirit.
Elon Musk says "10% of federal expenditures" are due to people having fake Social Security numbers, claiming it is "half a trillion dollars."
March 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I know this is extremely vulgar idealism, but I do think we should try to aggressively reassert the norm that lying is bad. Not in a "Four Pinnochios" fact-checking kind of way, but in a way that frames this kind of lying as moral degeneracy that is fundamentally corrosive to the human spirit.
Polish Cold War hero Walesa writes to Trump expressing 'horror' at Zelenskiy spat - www.reuters.com/world/polish...
Polish Cold War hero Walesa writes to Trump expressing 'horror' at Zelenskiy spat
Lech Walesa, the former Polish president and Solidarity trade union leader who played a leading role in the fall of Communism, signed a letter to U.S. President Donald Trump expressing "horror" at his argument with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
www.reuters.com
March 4, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Polish Cold War hero Walesa writes to Trump expressing 'horror' at Zelenskiy spat - www.reuters.com/world/polish...
I am talking change in values about how we encourage and celebrate consumption. Does social science say we can't change our behavior? If so, it's over. Values must change. The challenge is how to catalyze that in a way that will be embraced and reinforce other movement towards sustainability.
February 20, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I am talking change in values about how we encourage and celebrate consumption. Does social science say we can't change our behavior? If so, it's over. Values must change. The challenge is how to catalyze that in a way that will be embraced and reinforce other movement towards sustainability.
Does anyone else feel despair? It's bone dry here in Phoenix. What is usually green is dead. January temps were more than 5 degrees above average. I feel the pain of creation.
February 20, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Does anyone else feel despair? It's bone dry here in Phoenix. What is usually green is dead. January temps were more than 5 degrees above average. I feel the pain of creation.
The chaos now erupting is stunning evidence that ours is a world of complexity. Disruptive actions are magnified across ever-increasing scales. Unintended consequences, of unknowable magnitude, always dominate. Simple-minded, reality denying programs are a lethal danger to us all.
February 19, 2025 at 10:45 PM
The chaos now erupting is stunning evidence that ours is a world of complexity. Disruptive actions are magnified across ever-increasing scales. Unintended consequences, of unknowable magnitude, always dominate. Simple-minded, reality denying programs are a lethal danger to us all.
Isn’t shredding your scientific infrastructure an act of treason, endangering all citizens?
February 15, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Isn’t shredding your scientific infrastructure an act of treason, endangering all citizens?
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It does much more. It endangers everyone, wrecklessly. It makes us more vulnerable and is an assault on the children. The world is complex and non-linear.
February 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
It does much more. It endangers everyone, wrecklessly. It makes us more vulnerable and is an assault on the children. The world is complex and non-linear.
Are you kidding? That’s scary.
February 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Are you kidding? That’s scary.
Here’s an important new paper from Hansen et all.
Full article: Global Warming Has Accelerated: Are the United Nations and the Public Well-Informed? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Full article: Global Warming Has Accelerated: Are the United Nations and the Public Well-Informed? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Global Warming Has Accelerated: Are the United Nations and the Public Well-Informed?
Global temperature leaped more than 0.4°C (0.7°F) during the past two years, the 12-month average peaking in August 2024 at +1.6°C relative to the temperature at the beginning of last century (the ...
www.tandfonline.com
February 5, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Here’s an important new paper from Hansen et all.
Full article: Global Warming Has Accelerated: Are the United Nations and the Public Well-Informed? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Full article: Global Warming Has Accelerated: Are the United Nations and the Public Well-Informed? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Ours is a world of complexity and unintended consequences. There is nothing more dangerous than a simple minded approach — the Trumpian solution.
February 2, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Ours is a world of complexity and unintended consequences. There is nothing more dangerous than a simple minded approach — the Trumpian solution.
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Here's another look at the coming Arctic heat. Over the next 4 days, Arctic polar temperatures could be more than 28°C (50°F) above average.
February 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Here's another look at the coming Arctic heat. Over the next 4 days, Arctic polar temperatures could be more than 28°C (50°F) above average.
US Presidents have too much power and are in office too long. A lot more happens over the course of four years than back in the 1700s, when our constitution was drafted (before the industrial revolution). Parliamentary systems can get rid of dysfunctional leaders far easier and more quickly.
February 1, 2025 at 4:32 PM
US Presidents have too much power and are in office too long. A lot more happens over the course of four years than back in the 1700s, when our constitution was drafted (before the industrial revolution). Parliamentary systems can get rid of dysfunctional leaders far easier and more quickly.
Reposted by George L Paul, Esq.
An analysis of published data reveals how genetic diversity has been changing in populations of 622 terrestrial and marine species and the effectiveness of different types of intervention to boost genetic diversity
https://go.nature.com/3CwUUaN
https://go.nature.com/3CwUUaN
Conservation strategies aided by assessment of global genetic diversity
Assessment of how genetic diversity has been changing.
go.nature.com
January 29, 2025 at 7:57 PM
An analysis of published data reveals how genetic diversity has been changing in populations of 622 terrestrial and marine species and the effectiveness of different types of intervention to boost genetic diversity
https://go.nature.com/3CwUUaN
https://go.nature.com/3CwUUaN