OnlySky
Rational thought for irrational times. Shape a future based on reality, compassion, and secular courage
How much should we worry about asteroids?
Astronomers have found an estimated 40% of the near-Earth asteroids that are 140 m and larger. You do the math.
You think weather forecasting is bad now? Welcome to 2070
It's not just the size of the storms that future generations will deal with. It's the terrifying unpredictability.
Leave out your dead: The coming demise of the dirt nap
Once the default, traditional burials will likely be viewed by future generations as a weird, wasteful choice
The climate crisis is not just a future problem. It's here now
Disaster specialist: 'We can't continue to approach disaster preparedness with resources and thinking from a world that had more time'
The future is a prisoner's dilemma
Our future is increasingly made worse by a refusal to cooperate.
Literally building the future: Infrastructure as an act of secular love
When we fix a bridge or give someone better healthcare, we’re saying that this life and this world are worth protecting.
Was I always going to write this?
It's one of the biggest and least consequential questions we can ask.
How Project 2025 threatens our secular democracy
It’s no surprise that Donald Trump has tried to distance himself from Project 2025, given the unpopularity of its goals. Neither is it a surprise that Trump, notoriously incurious about policy, might in fact be telling the truth when he says, "I know nothing about Project 2025"
Go easy on the weatherfolks. It's chaos out there
Weather forecasts are tangible, daily predictions of the future. But it's damn near impossible to get it right—and that's about to get much worse.
From secular society to secular civilization
In a hundred years, the Nones will likely be a majority of the US population. What will that secular society be like?
We’ve burned past +1°C. Did a 2008 climate prediction get it right?
Sixteen years ago, a documentary predicted how a warming Earth would look at each of six temperature benchmarks. Now we've passed the first.
Climbing the Kardashev ladder: How civilization survives
The power to control ever-greater amounts of energy is a hallmark of civilization’s progress, and humanity is poised to take the next big step.
