Conservation’s prejudice
Ecology is pervaded by a nativist dogma against invasive species that distorts the science and undermines wildness. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that h...
23 Feb 30min
‘I awoke at ½ past 7’
Our cursed age of self-monitoring and optimisation didn’t start with big tech: as so often, the Victorians are to blame. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays t...
22 Feb 29min
Mask on/mask off
People with ADHD and autism have to mask their instincts if they want to be included. But the strain exacts a very high price. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through es...
21 Feb 22min
Going-against-the-grainers
If our ethical beliefs come from our social environment, how do some people find the moral courage to defy convention?. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays th...
20 Feb 24min
Books and screens
Your inability to focus isn’t a failing. It’s a design problem, and the answer isn’t getting rid of our screen time. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that ...
19 Feb 23min
Mexistentialism
The Mexican embrace of uncertainty, forged in the crucible of history, captures the true vulnerability of our existence. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays t...
17 Feb 22min
The snowball effect
Our planet was once a harsh, alien, icy world. Yet this deep freeze may have shaped you, me and all life on Earth. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays that he...
16 Feb 22min
The deepest South
Slavery in Latin America, on a huge scale, was different from that in the United States. Why don’t we know this history?. Aeon audio explores the most profound and relevant ideas, told through essays ...
15 Feb 32min
