What Is Sustainable

 James C. Scott teaches political science and anthropology at Yale.   He’s a smooth writer and a deep thinker.   A while back, he dec...

 In the old Three Stooges comedies, whenever Curly did something dumb, angry Moe gave him a dope slap (SMACK!).   With regard to huma...

 Today, a few billion humans live in affluence.   Their unsustainable societies have social safety nets made possible by nonrenewable...

I was recently interviewed via email by a group of ecologists in France.   I’m sharing it with English-speaking folks because it provide...