There has never been an immortal society. Figuring out why. I write on history, epistemology and strategy.

Author of the novels THE QUEEN OF THE NIGHT and EDINBURGH, and the essay collection HOW TO WRITE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL.

Author of Food Rules; In Defense of Food; The Omnivore’s Dilemma; The Botany of Desire; A Place of My Own and Second Nature.

Here to help you navigate the accelerating weirdness! Biologist turned philosopher, host of #FutureFossils & #ComplexityPodcast, ex @sfiscience ex @longnow.

A full-time writer and all-the-time promoter of cheese boards. milawrites.com

Columnist at GEN. Co-founder, Defector. Author of Point B.

I blog multiple times a week at https://www.thejaymo.net/ follow me over there.

Writer for The Long Now Foundation — fostering long-term thinking