About Conflicted
Conflicted is a newsletter about scientific-techno political spectacles that are made from manufacturing science for click-bait, repackaging epistemic uncertainty as risk, and how political interests influence decisions about the knowledge creation. My write-ups and analysis aim to provide new insight, allow for more decision making options, and to empower new pragmatic and scientifically coherent narratives about public problems and decision maker accountability.
Conflicted started out with a focus on the mostly undisclosed climate researcher conflicts on interest with the financial industry. But I’ve broadened the topic since then. The name Conflicted still fits though I think.
I write mostly about matters related to climate but I’m spreading my wings and testing out other issue areas as I go.
Why do I write Conflicted?
I write as much for me as a way of organizing my thoughts and keeping notes as I do for sharing what I see with others. Since starting the newsletter I’ve learned from a tremendous amount from other talented researchers and writers, and met a lot of interesting people.
But I also write and pour over report footnotes because ultimately, I am motivated by ideals of democratic process and scientific integrity. The two go hand in hand; scientific integrity enhances democratic accountability and inclusion.
I learn by doing- sometimes quite clumsily, and through disagreement.
So I write…
