Lulu Miller

Lulu Miller, Peabody award-winning journalist and co-host of Radiolab, examines the tension between personal identity and the search for objective truth. Her work, particularly the book *Why Fish Don't Exist*, investigates the life of taxonomist David Starr Jordan to explore how human efforts to categorize the world often mask deeper complexities and historical harms, such as the American eugenics movement. Miller advocates for the "Dandelion Principle," which finds inherent value in the overlooked and insignificant, challenging rigid societal hierarchies. Through her transition from fiction writing to investigative journalism, she demonstrates that vulnerability and doubt serve as essential components of a moral compass rather than signs of professional failure. By questioning the validity of scientific categories like "fish," she encourages a broader skepticism toward the labels that define human existence and limit our understanding of nature’s interconnectedness.