«We’re shrinking the board on which we play the sublime game of being human.» Bill McKibben provides a useful lens through which to understand the climate crisis. There have always been places on this planet where humans couldn’t live – places that are too hot, too cold, too hostile for us delicate animals to live. By not confronting the climate crisis at the scale and speed required, we allow more and more places to become such uninhabitable places.

From Weekly Filet #572, in May 2026.