Notes from a Dying Planet: Is Life on Earth Doomed?
Our guest for this Living to 100 Club podcast is Paul Brown. Paul is a neuroscience professor emeritus from West Virginia University. He has written his second book on the perils facing our planet. Notes from a Dying Planet exposes in great detail the ominous trends we hear about whenever we turn on the news or read a newspaper.
Dr. Brown’s proposition is that humans will not be able to stop accelerating environmental collapse. And, unless proven wrong, he believes life on earth will perish. From climate change, rising temperatures, and melting ice and snow to over-consumption and mass human migration, our guest discusses what we can do individually and collectively to stop the slide toward the tipping point. The tipping point is where these trends will move too quickly to stop them. This is a serious conversation that explains the what and the why, but also the now about our dying planet. If you’re ready to hear these stark facts and what we can do, be sure to tune in.
Mini Bio
Paul Brown received his BS, PhD, and postdoctoral training at MIT, University of Chicago, and Cornell University, respectively. He is a neuroscience professor emeritus, retired from the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at West Virginia University. Paul wrote over 60 peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals. He also authored a half dozen books on neuroscience, computing, and electronics. He wrote Notes from a Dying Planet, 2004 – 2006, about the path humans have taken to the present state of overpopulation, mass extinction, and climate change. His current project is Notes from a Dead Planet, 2021, which argues that human behavior is dooming life on Earth.
Paul has also worked as a freelance editor, on fiction and nonfiction books. He completed a novel based on Dead Planet. He produces esamizdat, a free news feed about overpopulation, mass extinction, and global warming. Esamizdat also addresses the suppression of democracy and human rights by corporations and the military industrial complex. Subscriptions are available by emailing pbrown4348@gmail.com.
Items for Our Listeners
Paul’s First Book: Notes from a Dying Planet
His second book, not yet published: Notes from a Dead Planet