Angus Taylor, Author at BEST Futures

Why do the leguminati want to change the way we eat?

Nov 22, 2024 | Articles

Fans of legumes say a worldwide shift towards eating beans rather than meat would hugely benefit human health and the environment.

‘Social ruptures’ possible between people who disagree on AI sentience

Nov 17, 2024 | Politics & Human Rights, Science

Significant “social ruptures” between people who think artificial intelligence systems are conscious and those who insist the technology feels nothing are looming, a leading philosopher has said.

Richard Seymour on how far right exploits environmental crisis

Oct 30, 2024 | Books, Opinion

‘You can’t shoot climate change’: In his latest book, Disaster Nationalism, the Marxist thinker Richard Seymour explores how extremist movements around the world seek to blame fictional enemies for real disasters.

Open-pit conflict

Oct 21, 2024 | Articles

In a Rocky Mountain town in southwest Alberta, a bitter battle is brewing. With a history of coal mining, the community is debating whether to stay true to its roots and support the return of coal — or leave the mining industry in the past.

Can Lula and Petro unite to save the Amazon?

Oct 16, 2024 | Articles

The rainforest nations of Brazil and Colombia have the best opportunity in a generation to drag the Amazon back from the abyss as they host three of the world’s most important environmental negotiations in the space of little more than a year.