Rick Rosner joins Scott Douglas Jacobsen to explore wisdom both cynical and comedic—from Occam’s Razor to soup jokes. He discusses his admiration for writers like Neal Stephenson, Margaret Atwood, and Carl Hiaasen, who illuminate near-future chaos with humor and insight. Reflecting on inherited worldviews from his eccentric father and pragmatic stepfather, Rosner shares a guarded optimism: despite human folly and climate peril, technology and demographic shifts may stabilize the planet. Through his trademark mix of intellect and irreverence, Rosner dissects the human condition with both compassion and wit.