Archive - Climate of Words

Bezos, Branson, Musk and "Mimetic Desire"

Seeing the space antics of Messrs Branson and Bezos — and presumably Musk to follow — got me ruminating on the consequences of these terrible acts of…

Jul 18, 2021 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

January 2021

In Our Hands: How We Got Here and How We Change

Part I: How We Got Here

Jan 6, 2021 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

January 2020

That Vegetarian Thing? It Is Complicated…

I’m almost exclusively vegetarian.

Jan 6, 2020 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

November 2019

Climate Denial #3 - Everything Else

Third and last in my series of “factoid” posts about climate denial.

Nov 25, 2019 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

Climate Denial #2 - False Logic and Conspiracies

Second in my series of “factoid” posts about climate denial.

Nov 18, 2019 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

Climate Denial #1 - Six Inaccurate Facts

I am going to dribble out “factoid” posts about climate denial. These are not intended for actual climate deniers. As I’ve written elsewhere, droning on…

Nov 6, 2019 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

October 2019

5 Things We Can Do To Fight Climate Change Without Making Life Miserable

The structure of modern life, from the conveniences in the First World to the massive poverty alleviation that has taken place in the Third World, is…

Oct 21, 2019 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

A Reaction to “Don’t Even Think About It”

This essay is a reaction to Don’t Even Think About It, by George Marshall. This is not an academic work. It is conversational and accessible, and I…

Oct 14, 2019 •

Ramanan Raghavendran

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