Even if we were to stop putting out greenhouse gases right now, we'd still face decades of warming.

Everything we think about regarding sustainability - from energy to agriculture to manufacturing to population - has a water footprint. Almost all of the water on Earth is salt water, and the remaining freshwater supplies are split between agricultural use and human use - as well as maintaining the existing natural environment.

In a Photoshopped world, only the skeptical eye prevails.

Futures thinking is hard work. Fortunately, you do get better at it with practice. It's worth the effort.

Intelligence augmentation decreases the need for specialization and increases participatory complexity.

Human civilization has been changing the Earths environment for millennia, often to our detriment. Dams, deforestation and urbanization can alter water cycles and wind patterns, occasionally triggering droughts or even creating deserts.

Even if we were to stop putting out greenhouse gases right now, we'd still face decades of warming.