Author: Erik Kobayashi-Solomon

GMOs And The Dangers Of Politicizing Science

Posted by Erik Kobayashi-Solomon | Feb 28, 2019 | AgTech, Economy |

Author and podcaster Sam Harris points out that people’s political positions tend to cluster: if you meet a gun control advocate, you can safely bet they also favor legal access to abortion services, for instance. The...

Invest In Reality

Posted by Erik Kobayashi-Solomon | Feb 22, 2019 | Economy |

Ray Dalio, the Founder of the enormously influential hedge fund, Bridgewater Associates, takes as the first of his Life Principles: Embrace Reality and Deal with It. 7 November 2018; Ray Dalio, Founder, Co-Chief Investment...

Here’s The Real Reason Why GMOs Are Bad, And Why They May Save Humanity

Posted by Erik Kobayashi-Solomon | Feb 21, 2019 | AgTech |

Genetic modification of plants is humanity’s oldest and best trick. Eurasians had it easy when it came to cultivating wheat – its original form was pretty close to its present cultivated one. Mesoamericans, on the other hand,...

Carbon Tax: The Ultimate Free Market Solution To Climate Change

Posted by Erik Kobayashi-Solomon | Jan 25, 2019 | Economy, Post-Carbon |

Thanks to a particularly odious little troll of a man and to a writer whose two major works the late, great Christopher Hitchens describes as “transcendently awful”, the word “tax” has a nearly obscene connotation....

PG&E: The First S&P 500 Climate Change Casualty

Posted by Erik Kobayashi-Solomon | Jan 18, 2019 | Grids |

Nevil Chamberlain’s claim in September 1938 that his agreement with “Herr Hitler” had achieved “peace for our time” is one of the dramatic historical interludes that modern people look back upon with wonder. How could so few at...