This is great and thoughtful! Have you checked out Paul Feyerabend's 'Against Method'? It seems quite relevant to your initial thoughts, in that he spoke often of a separation between science and the state (in the way many speak of church and state) due to precisely the interface you pointed out, particularly when it leads to empirically "self-evident" moral judgments in the policy realm.
As far as the geological disciplines from which the "Anthropocene" came to be, it may be worth mentioning the many other dendrochronological proxies that geologists have also used to argue in favor of indicating profound, measured, and cumulative effects attributed to the responsible subset(s) of humanity you described. At the time, I found the New York Times' reporting on the "rejection" of the term profoundly irresponsible in its emphasis and mischaracterization, but it is also clear that we are asking far too much of these terms, particularly in an era of context collapse and disingenuous interpretation. Thank you again!
Thank you for this article, it was really well written and eye-opening ! I haven't bee on Substack in a while, but this has made me really excited to be back ! Congratulations on this beautiful and insightful piece 🫶🏻
There's the capitalocene too. I haven't gone too far into that.
Same here! Have you read The Shock of the Anthropocene? It's one of my top top favourites.
I haven't, but I will! Thank you for the recommendation :)! I have Anthropocene Or Capitalocene?, but I haven't read it yet (lol)
yes!!!! moore is incredible
that’s it, i’m sold!
This is great and thoughtful! Have you checked out Paul Feyerabend's 'Against Method'? It seems quite relevant to your initial thoughts, in that he spoke often of a separation between science and the state (in the way many speak of church and state) due to precisely the interface you pointed out, particularly when it leads to empirically "self-evident" moral judgments in the policy realm.
As far as the geological disciplines from which the "Anthropocene" came to be, it may be worth mentioning the many other dendrochronological proxies that geologists have also used to argue in favor of indicating profound, measured, and cumulative effects attributed to the responsible subset(s) of humanity you described. At the time, I found the New York Times' reporting on the "rejection" of the term profoundly irresponsible in its emphasis and mischaracterization, but it is also clear that we are asking far too much of these terms, particularly in an era of context collapse and disingenuous interpretation. Thank you again!
Thank you for this article, it was really well written and eye-opening ! I haven't bee on Substack in a while, but this has made me really excited to be back ! Congratulations on this beautiful and insightful piece 🫶🏻
I find this argument not to be my scene it’s wholly a hollow scene, not my branch of kettles prefer material science Engineering or physics