Ethan Freedman
Reporter: science, nature, agriculture, climate. Bylines at Scientific American, Live Science, Hakai, Sierra, Slate, Fatherly, etc.
Bird Appreciator. He/Him. RTs =/= Endorsement. Chicago. Opinions are solely my own.
www.ethanpfreedman.com
- One questios at stake with "de-extinction" is if we're willing to see animals as part of a deep, complex ecosystem or just two-dimensional objects in a zoo or postcard 🌎🧪 "...pure physicality ignores the ecology and behavior and culture of the original dire wolf — the very things that made it one."
- I just want to give a plug for the Climate Connections podcast, which I write for, as a good source of bite-size climate stories -- 90 seconds, every weekday, for non-experts about how the climate is changing, what the dangers are, how we might solve these problems, and the people in the middle 🧪
- A good review of a well-intentioned, but flawed, book:
- 1. Harvard obviously did not do this 2. This is extremely obnoxious 3. Liberals love to make fun of conservatives for believing misinformation and then a post this gets 28,000 likes
- Reposted by Ethan FreedmanForce people into a rat race for security instead, and they'll do everything they can to get and stay ahead. They'll cut corners. They'll take shortcuts. And, yes, they'll readily have a computer do all of their thinking for them.
- Reposted by Ethan FreedmanGive people economic security, and they'll have the agency to develop themselves both for its own sake and to our collective benefit, as we're all better off when people can think and create for themselves. Not all will take advantage of it. But they'll be given the chance.
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- Reposted by Ethan FreedmanI went to Chicago to cover a papal conclave. No, not that one. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/u...
