Information, misinformation, and our planet's future
A walk in the park
What is science?
A sense of scale
Interlude 1. Numbers
Discoveries on the back of an envelope
Insights in lines and dots
Interlude 2. Logic and language
Expecting the improbable
Lies, damned lies, and statistics
Correlation, causation ... confusion and clarity
Definitional features of science
Applying scientific habits of mind to Earth's future
What isn't science
The triumph of misinformation, the perils of ignorance
The unfinished cathedral
Appendix. Practicing scientific habits of mind.