Pondercraft

Dispatches and photos from walks around the world

Blog and Podcast about History including my original content, primary sources, and historiography.

I write my way through the nooks and crannies of the natural+human world - recently left the French Alps to be an ecology professor in Utah. Place, history, ecology, art.

Building a new environmental paradigm through analyses and essays on politics, nuclear energy, agriculture, critical minerals, permitting reform, and much more. The Ecomodernist is a publication of the Breakthrough Institute.

On books & ideas

Passages is a place to gather around philosophy, poetry, and novels to explore ideas and build community together.

Using data and research to understand what really makes a difference

If just citizens come together in pursuit of happiness, we can change the world.

How to Read, Research, Make Notes, and Write. And some thoughts about the crisis in academia and self-education.

A Substack about collective intelligence and managing the complexity of technological change.

Researching the Communist Party of China is my day job. Here I write long reads on international politics, ancient history, and American conservatism.