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Humanity in the patchwork of life

This story is on borrowed time. Maybe you can borrow it, and make it part of yours too.

6 min readJun 21, 2022

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The Ordinary World

How do we write during a genocide? Any words and actions that fall short of stopping the bombs, feeding the children and rebuilding a safe…

6 min readMar 17, 2024

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The Ordinary World

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From ashes of failure

In science, failure is not failing at our job: arguably, failure is our job. We make mistakes, and learn from them. We have rules about our…

8 min readDec 29, 2023

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Things that no longer comfort me

Make the struggle for life itself the thing that brings you comfort, because that’s all we have now.

8 min readJun 5, 2022

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Un jeune désespoir

Aujourd’hui, j‘ai donné une conférence sur le climat dans mon ancienne école secondaire à Genève — et j’ai reçu un cours magistral sur nos…

8 min readMay 11, 2022

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“School of Athens” painting by Raphael, 1511

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The kids are not ok

Today I went to give a climate talk at my old high school in Geneva — and was given a masterclass in our failings. This is the story of a…

7 min readMay 10, 2022

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Individuals and social pressure: how to change the world

A rare victory upended my understanding of how we can change the world, and some of these insights might help you too.

14 min readJan 23, 2022

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Lettre à un politicien suisse

Force est de constater que nos efforts, tant du côté scientifique que politique, se soldent en échec.

4 min readDec 23, 2021

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Lettre à un politicien suisse

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The bear, the tiger, and the trade unionist

Warning: medley ahead. This is a blog post about anarchist-anthropologist David Graeber, documentary-maker Adam Curtis, children’s TV…

12 min readMar 13, 2021

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Flawed greater good vs. deliberate evil

If I were into clickbait, I’d call this a story about cancel culture vs. a culture of cancellation, but I’m not. Also, to be honest, I am…

9 min readJul 24, 2020

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Julia Steinberger

Julia Steinberger

Immigrant, Swiss-American-UK ecological economist at the University of Lausanne. Research focus on living well within planetary limits. Opinions my own.

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