Can ecosystems malfunction?
We are told the natural world is ‘breaking down’. But forests don’t work like airplanes or human hearts. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that help us make...
25 Touko 36min
Being small
Nobody quite recovers from being a child: the asymmetry of power between parents and children always leaves a trace. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that ...
22 Touko 28min
Make immigration boring
The fiercest political battle of our age needs less moral drama and more hard thinking about numbers and fair tradeoffs. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays t...
21 Touko 17min
Maritime China
Far from turning its back on the sea, the fate of Qing China was tied as much to tides and storms as to cavalry and walls. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays...
19 Touko 24min
Mathematics is out there
Sergiu Klainerman spent years proving that black holes won’t fly apart; and arguing that maths is not a human invention. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays t...
18 Touko 27min
Gen Z but two centuries ago
A generation of young people with ‘full hearts in an empty world’ sought hope in the face of insurmountable malaise. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that ...
15 Touko 19min
Rights require money
Talk as much as you like about human rights, nothing will change until the architecture of global finance is reformed. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays tha...
14 Touko 26min
Beneath our human shallows
We need a new imagination for the whole Earth, linking the power of the deep planet with the vitality of the surface. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that...
12 Touko 20min
