Our ability to pay attention is collapsing. From the New York Times bestselling author of Chasing the Scream and Lost Connections comes a groundbreaking examination of why this is happening—and how [...] Read more

INFORMATION OVERLOAD AND “NO THINKING” (Notes) An expanded, forward-looking examination of their interplay and impact @ 2025 J. Giro Introduction—from data deluge to cognitive drought The [...] Read more

Is the world standing at the edge of another global war? In this urgent analysis, Noam Chomsky breaks down the explosive dynamics between the U.S., Iran, and Israel — and how escalating military [...] Read more

Bottom trawling is bulldozing the seafloor — even in protected areas. It's destroying marine life and coastal livelihoods. Take action to help end this destructive practice. See here [...] Read more

From Short-Term Appetites to Planetary Stewardship (notes) @ 2025 J. Giro Overview It looks like our natural ability to plan ahead is getting weaker due to business interests, fast news cycles, and [...] Read more

Humanity’s Effect On Nature | Why Your Lifestyle is Killing the Planet Humans are the only species capable of imagining the future while at the same time ignoring the consequences of the future we [...] Read more

This week on The Big Picture Podcast, we sit down with Middle East Eye’s Editor in Chief David Hearst to talk about the rapidly unfolding war between Israel and Iran, why the West supports it and [...] Read more

Recent generations of frontier language models have introduced Large Reasoning Models (LRMs) that generate detailed thinking processes before providing answers. While these models demonstrate [...] Read more

ABSTRACT Ocean acidification has been identified in the Planetary Boundary Framework as a planetary process approaching a boundary that could lead to unacceptable environmental change. Using revised [...] Read more

True Evolution is Emotional Rather than Technological: Critical Essay Notes Introduction In contemporary discourse, evolution is often equated with technological advancement, marked by artificial [...] Read more