From this piece of the Global Happiness Index: Traditionally, the global index has been dominated by Europe’s Nordic countries. The five Nordic countries that continually score high in the ranking “are doing something right in terms of creating good conditions …
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Artificial Intelligence Should Scare Us
There may be brighter people on this planet than American author, philosopher, neuroscientist, critic of religion, blogger, public intellectual, and podcast host Sam Harris, though I doubt it. In any case, if you want a good answer (the only good answer, in my view) to …
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Cleaning Up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
What’s with all the good news today? First the Trans Mountain pipeline gets axed and now this cheery prediction of the cleanup of ocean plastic, specifically, The Great Pacific Garbage Patch? If things come in threes, maybe we’ll get a …
Getting To the Meat of the Matter
Earlier this week, Missouri became the first state in the U.S. to criminalize certain uses of the word “meat.” From EcoWatch:
From Guest Blogger Hannah Thomas: Six Rules for Reducing Your Energy Consumption
Reducing energy consumption is a process and one that needs you to change your lifestyle and habits to some extent. But it will save you money by lowering your bills and at the same time lower the pollution created by …
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Real Wages Are in Decline, But Is That a Surprise?
As it turns out, frequent commenter Glenn Doty had his own reaction to the use of the word “stunning” when he saw the chart here that prompted my post earlier today: Real Wages Are in Decline: Who Woulda Thunk It? He writes: …
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Real Wages Are in Decline: Who Woulda Thunk It?
The chart here (bigger version below) is a reminder of how many Americans have lost their ability to think, or, more precisely, how our beliefs about our thought processes are totally erroneous. In this particular case, rank and file Trump …
From Guest Blogger Benjamin Kolenovic: Five Tips For a More Sustainable Life
Sustainability by definition is the assurance of the continuation of life in the same, or better quality, in the future. So it asks all of us to make sure that we use our resources in a more responsible way. What …
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We Shouldn’t Elevate Economics Above the Biosphere
Protecting the biosphere is a great idea. And if it were possible for us Americans to accomplish this without the slightest impact on our lifestyles as consumers, there’s a chance it would happen. In fact, it makes no sense for …
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The Heterogeneous United States
Here is a slideshow reminding us that the each of the 50 United States has incredible beauty to offer those who live or visit there, and that beauty, bestowed to us by geologic evolution or God, depending on what you believe, …
