Archive - Hack the planet

Prophets, wizards and games that never end

Two books on how to think about the future of the climate

Jul 27, 2021 •

February 2021

Fighting the Fever After the Pandemic

Feb 8, 2021 •

December 2020

A bundle in the dark

Powering homes without light switches

Dec 7, 2020 •

November 2020

Why rebundling the grid can be a force for good

Nov 13, 2020 •

September 2020

Disrupting the carbon economy

Can tech pave the way to greener marketplaces? Moby Dick marked an unlikely entry in my final year reading list for a course on climate science. The…

Sep 20, 2020 •

July 2020

Pulling the climate switch

In October 1947, the citizens of Savannah watched in horror as a once inconsequential hurricane took a hairpin turn in the middle of the Atlantic…

Jul 7, 2020 •

June 2020

A primer on why tech should look into geoengineering

Over and over again, we, as a species, have found ways to overcome the physical limits of growth. Each time the population seems to be hitting a…

Jun 12, 2020 •

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