The living planet
Climate, ecological intervention and the boundaries of our maps.
Independent research · Sid J.A. Hubbard
Causality
& Attraction.
A different place to stand.
A different way to see the problem.
Nested causality across science, society and everyday life. A research program that asks what becomes visible when a problem is examined together with the systems that enclose it—and the systems it contains.
Across the research
Choose a field
Begin where your curiosity is.
You do not need to read every volume, or begin at Volume 1. Choose a subject you know, a question you cannot leave alone, or a problem that seems impossible.
Number, space & time
Geometry, cosmology and what it means to measure.
Minds & machines
Cognition, access, collaboration and authorship.
How societies work
Cities, resources, money and the systems that sustain a claim.
How research works
Foundations, causal maps and the design of interventions.
The reading room
Read. Listen. Look closer.
The book, with you.
Narration and synchronized text, with visual demonstrations in supported editions. Choose a work, then move at your own pace.
Choose a listening edition →A shorter way in.
Browse films by subject or follow terms from their transcripts. Each introduction links to the work it explores.
Find a subject in Media →Follow the argument.
Browse the research list, open a volume and follow its publication record. Go as deep as the question takes you.
Open the research index →The research program
What changes when the boundary changes?
An “impossible” problem may look different when the enclosing conditions are part of the question.
Causality and Attraction applies nested causality across academic disciplines and popular culture, looking for new insights and describing solutions where they become visible from that perspective.
The Three Laws, Zero Infinity and the Final Frontier form recurring parts of the inquiry. The volumes develop these ideas in context—from mathematical structure to climate, cognition, technology and civic life.
The complete series
One program. Distinct explorations.
Series 1
Volumes 1–12 · foundations and applications
Series 2
Volume 1 · Rare Earth
Volume 2 · Currency
Each volume is an entry point. Its field is a starting place, not a boundary around who can take part.
The Column / Ideas in public
The world, in a longer frame.
Essays on money, politics, technology and the arrangements that shape ordinary life.
Read The Column →News / The world in motion
Look beyond one channel.
A live news dial that begins with France 24. Scan the stations, or stay with the story that catches your attention.
Open News →Keep the inquiry independent
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