Programming (or making music) at night is dreamtime, a period exclusively mental, utterly absorbed, sustained and timeless, placeless, disembodied.

Civilization’s shortening attention span is mismatched with the pace of environmental problems.

Carbon tax has the advantage of basically being able to subsidize one set of activities that you want with another set of activities that you don't want. It's like a cigarette tax.

How can I throw my life away in the least unhappy way?

The main problem with solar on the Earth's surface is that it is so intermittent, and we don't have decent storage yet.

Tool - something with a use on one end and a grasp on the other end.

Redefine the possible.