Samuel Miller McDonald
Author of Progress, a book on the science and history of progress.
Geographer focusing on human ecology, macrohistory, and theory.
Photo © Heather Ray Milligan
Selected Writing
+ Facing Up to the Climate Reckoning Ahead
https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/facing-up-climate-reckoning/
+ Is Nuclear Power Our Best Bet Against Climate Change?
https://bostonreview.net/articles/is-nuclear-power-our-best-bet-against-climate-change/
+ Climate Kings
https://newrepublic.com/article/148861/climate-change-authoritarian-leaders
+ The Last Great Forests
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2021/11/the-last-great-forests
+ We can't let the coronavirus lead to a 9/11-style erosion of civil liberties
+ Oil Age
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2020/03/oil-age
+ Carbon Omissions
https://thebaffler.com/latest/climate-omissions-miller-mcdonald
+ Lifecycle of a Leaf
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/08/lifecycle-of-a-leaf
+ The City of Tomorrow
https://www.currentaffairs.org/2019/05/the-city-of-tomorrow-is-the-city-of-yesterday
Selected Interviews
+ on the revolutionary potential of good style
https://www.patreon.com/posts/can-love-of-be-w-82708942
+ on the political economy of energy
https://www.acorrectionpodcast.com/phonyeconomy/ezzwfchks78nnjch6l7t8xklbtlhn5
+ on systems change
https://95bfm.com/bcast/systems-change-with-samuel-miller-mcdonald-may-11-2020
+ on fighting climate disaster
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-w6xcg-b6ab88
+ on ecological calamity
Education
+ Doctor of Philosophy—Geography
University of Oxford
+ Master of Environmental Management
Yale University
+ Bachelor of Arts—Human Ecology
College of the Atlantic