Robert Macfarlane to challenge humanity’s ‘superiority complex’ in BBC Reith Lectures Tom Almeroth-W… Wed, 09/09/2026 - 14:30 Making the announcement on 9 September, the BBC said: “At a time of ecological crisis, extreme weather events and a rapidly heating climate, Robert Macfarlane’s Reith Lectures will examine what is in his view one of the most consequential stories humans tell themselves: that our species stands above and apart from the rest of nature."Throughout the series, titled The Human Superiority Complex, Professor Macfarlane will argue that this belief has become deeply rooted in Western thought, and has helped bring the planet to the brink of catastrophe.Macfarlane, a Fellow of...