Dan Webber

The spatiotemporal source of our culture war confusion

23 August 2023 4:30 am

There is a growing movement of intellectuals pushing the belief that consciousness is all around us. It’s not a new idea,…

The jaws effect

14 February 2023 4:30 am

It’s not easy being pro-human in the shark debate. Eco-warriors think we not only hate sharks, but nature in general.…

Sharks, technocrats, and the post-human delusion

9 March 2022 4:00 am

Politics never interested me until a spate of shark attacks occurred at my local Ballina beach next to the river…

We can protect ourselves from sharks and still protect our seas

2 May 2021 4:05 pm

The Margaret River Pro — a surfing equivalent of the Australia Open — gets underway today in the magnificent waters…

Another approach to shark attack

29 July 2020 7:24 pm

There is talk of a promising new solution to the shark problem. Using technology developed for commercial fishing, standard drum…

Beaches, blood and the balance of nature: the great white debate

29 September 2017 2:00 pm

Environmentalists probably don’t realise that they anthropomorphise nature. But academics like Christopher Neff should know better. He designed a survey,…

Since when were sharks more valuable than human life?

30 August 2017 1:08 pm

The day before Tadashi Nakahara was killed by a shark, I was surfing at the same location. It was late…