Planetarity

Daily Planet #4

I am partial to veggie burgers. In fact, I had a couple yesterday night for dinner. These days my go to brand is Boca, which has been around for a while, but the two big kids on the block are Beyond and Impossible. And as you might know, they are both struggling to maintain their valuations and the massive amounts of investment.

I

The Daily Planet #3

This third edition of the Daily Planet might feel very unplanetary, but to the extent that China will be a/the Climate Leviathan of the future, Wang Huning's thinking about political ecology will determine our planetary condition.

Wang is the most powerful intellectual in the world and - if it comes to pass - the architect of a

The Daily Planet #1

Over the last year or so, I have slowly but firmly shifted from being climate-first to being planet-first. What does that mean, and why? There are many reasons, but let me count three.

1. Climate Change is only one of the many ways in which humans are inserting themselves into the biogeochemical processes of the Earth.

2. There are

The Daily Planet #9

There's little more cruel than how we treat chickens. About seventy five billion (!!) of them are slaughtered every year, almost every single one of them living short, miserable lives. They are bred to burst out of their biological confines, suffering from torn ligaments and broken bones as a result. Not that the lack of mobility

The Daily Planet #2

I am generally not a catastrophist, though I have embraced climate catastrophist positions on occasion. Catastrophe or not, 3 degrees feels like a lot; growing up in Delhi, I can say that playing cricket in 37 degree weather is a lot different from playing it in 40 degree weather.

Nevertheless, this article has good arguments