Question: In my recent post: Young People and the Environment, I noted that Primatologist Jane Goodall gives three reasons that she’s optimistic about Earth’s future. One is the enthusiasm of young folks. What are the other two? Answer: Can be found …
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Has Spreading Lies Somehow Become Fun?
The assertion at left is, of course, completely false. If starvation cured disease, the poverty in places like central Africa would make these children among the healthiest on Earth. So who’s creating and disseminating lies like this one? And why? …
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Strange Times
The author of the piece at left makes an excellent point. This is the first time in U.S. history that a rando multibillionaire stepped forward and began to make decisions that affect millions of American children.
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Young People and the Environment
A couple of comments: Fortunately, “thousands” is off by several (probably five) orders of magnitude. There are approximately 2.3 billion people on this planet between the ages of 15 and 30. If 10% of them are “stepping up” in any …
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The Role of Ketchup Packets in Our Children’s Lives
When I read the first sentence here, I guessed this kid was saving the ketchup packets to provide tiny bits of nutrition to hungry, homeless people. I had forgotten what kids’ (and schoolteachers’) lives are really like nowadays, given the …
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Protecting Trump from Evil?
At left is something circulating on social media. Apparently, you and I are the “evil” that Trump needs protection from, the “radical left.” It’s true that we, the folks who believe in rule of law, environmental responsibility, and human rights, …
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No Intelligent Species Would …..
Several people commented on the meme here to the effect that perhaps we’re not really intelligent. I offer this: Humankind is plenty intelligent, but we have other characteristics that impede our capacity to use this intelligence to our benefit. Greed, …
Finland Has a Different Approach to Forming a Society, But Is It Worth Considering?
The United States is on an absolute frenzy to widen the wealth gap, and all the data suggests that the super-rich are being extremely successful in this endeavor. Today’s CEOs are making 287 times more than their typical worker, where …
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Thought: The Chief Glory of Man
What philosopher and mathematician Bertrand Russell said here is entirely correct, but sadly, the quality of our thinking seems to have taken a turn for the worse in recent years. What was life like here in the U.S. in 1970, …
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Consume!
The message here, obviously, is that the blind consumption of resources leads to the death of the planet. While this is true, we need the developing world to consume more. More food, more of the energy required for things like …
