S1E48 Courage, Not Hope: Preparing for the Future (text)
ACT I Scene 1 How is the story of Being Human on Planet Earth supposed to end? There’s only one way that story can end, and we don’t want…
S1E48: Courage, Not Hope: Preparing for the Future
And now, for our season finale… Our story of Being Human on Planet Earth needs one last thing. How do we use it to plot a new course into the…
Our Lives Matter S1E47: A Generation of Heroes
The environmental crisis, and the destruction it’s bringing, are part of life now. How do we adapt to that? Where do we find role models for adapting? We’ve all…
S1E26 Black Theatre Artists Matter! (text)
ACT I Scene 1 Modern theatre began with Constantin Stanislavski’s discovery of his principles of acting that let actors produce realistic human behavior onstage consistently. That let the audience empathize…
Our Lives Matter S1E26: Black Theatre Artists Matter!
(Here's the missing Episode 26.) The principles of modern theatre let actors create realistic human behavior onstage consistently. That means all human behavior. The economics of the theatre industry…
Our Lives Matter S1E45: The Evolution of Science
Science today depends on the same five steps of observation, self consistency, universality, reproducibility, and debate as it did 500 years ago. But how has the role of science in…
Our Lives Matter S1E44: Mental Obstacles within the Environmental Movement
Why are some environmental activists opposed to science? We can use the Web of Human Behavior as a map to follow people’s motivations. Why do people become environmental activists? …
Our Lives Matter S1E43: The Fundamental Sensory Illusion of the Environmental Crisis
We naturally perceive some parts about how the environment works better than we perceive other parts of it. Those are the things we have to learn about to understand. Our…
Our Lives Matter S1E42: The Environmental Crisis
The environmental crisis is caused by limitations in our perceptions. We think about things we want much more than we think about things we don’t want. When you buy…
Our Lives Matter S1E41: The Biology of Patriarchy
Patriarchy is an ongoing political system of men assuming they’re supposed to get what they want from women, and expecting women to go along with it. How does it start? …