Cross-cutting themes#
Ten thematic syntheses across both reports, from knowledge and ignorance to interests, lock-in, justice, governance, complexity, mindsets and the reports’ limits.
Files#
| File | Words | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| T01 Knowledge, uncertainty, ignorance and surprise | 9,073 | Cross-cutting thematic synthesis, Strand A. Written 26 September 2026 from the section digests, audited notes and hindsight files in working/late-lessons/, plus external/critiques.md and external/context.md. Notes read… |
| T02: Early warnings and why they were missed or ignored | 8,991 | Cross-cutting thematic synthesis, Strand A. Written 26 September 2026. |
| T03 — Interests, power and the political economy of knowledge | 9,138 | Cross-cutting thematic synthesis across Late lessons from early warnings: the precautionary principle 1896–2000 (EEA 2001, “LL1”) and Late lessons from early warnings: science, precaution, innovation (EEA 2013, “LL2”).… |
| T04. Innovation, technological trajectories, lock-in and alternatives | 9,339 | Cross-cutting thematic synthesis, Strand A. Sources: the two EEA Late lessons from early warnings reports (LL1 = EEA 2001; LL2 = EEA 2013), read through the project’s digests, audited notes, hindsight files (checked to… |
| T05: Economics, costs, benefits and justice across the two Late Lessons reports | 8,991 | Strand A thematic synthesis. Written 26 September 2026. |
| T06: Governance, institutions, law and participation | 9,296 | Strand A cross-cutting synthesis across both EEA Late lessons from early warnings reports. Written 26 September 2026 from the section digests, the audited notes, the hindsight files and the two external notes . Direct… |
| T07: Complexity, systems and scale across the two Late Lessons reports | 9,541 | Strand A thematic synthesis, drawing on the section digests, notes and hindsight files for LL1-00 to LL2-A3, plus external/critiques.md and external/context.md (details in §7). |
| T08 — Actors, mindsets, framing and narratives | 9,000 | Cross-cutting thematic synthesis across Late lessons from early warnings (EEA 2001, “LL1”) and Late lessons from early warnings: science, precaution, innovation (EEA 2013, “LL2”). Strand A working document, 26 September… |
| T09 — False positives, and the limits of the Late Lessons project | 7,554 | Cross-cutting thematic synthesis across Late lessons from early warnings (EEA 2001, “LL1”) and Late lessons from early warnings: science, precaution, innovation (EEA 2013, “LL2”). Strand A working document, 26 September… |
| T10 — The canonical lessons: what the Late Lessons reports concluded, how the lessons changed 2001–2013, and how well they hold | 8,987 | Strand A thematic synthesis. Written 26 September 2026. |