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…
S1E46 The Evolution of Economics (text)
ACT I Scene 1 What is money? Get out a dollar bill. What kind of an invention is that? Is it technology? Is it a social development? Why…
S1E46: The Evolution of Economics
Classical economics treats money as if it’s the foundation of economic systems. But that doesn’t explain why people want things in life that money can’t buy. Environmental economics is…
S1E18 Religion and the Evolution of Conflicting Thought Processes (text)
(Posted out of order because the original had a technical issue.) ACT I Scene 1 Which came first in the evolution of our intelligence, science or religion? Both of…
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 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…