The science section of today’s New York Times highlights an organization called InnoCentive that seeks to solve the most challenging problems by inviting a large number of people from different walks of life to participate in the process. The article, If You Have a Problem, Use Incentive to Ask Everyone, describes the process of [...]

I recently read a description of a project called Earth 2100 at Celsias. It asks “environmental enthusiasts, film makers and creative minds” to produce videos that depict what the consequences of the climate crisis, resource depletion, and population growth will be for the remainder of this century if we fail to act. ABC News plans [...]

We are living in a time of tremendous injustice. The majority of people in the U.S. (and the world) lack the basic securities necessary for psychological and material well-being. All the while, a tiny minority of people have amassed huge piles of money. This gap between rich and poor demonstrates an absence [...]