The Techno-Optimist Manifesto
#Economy #Politics #Education"_You live in a deranged age — more deranged than usual, because despite great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing.…
Klima-Notstand, welcher Klima-Notstand?
#Global WarmingEndlich einmal eine gute Nachricht zum Thema Klima: Ein globales Netzwerk von 1609 Wissenschaftlern und Forschern aus der ganzen Welt beruhigt und sagt: «Es gibt keinen Klimanotstand.…
Was die Explosion des Hunga Tonga mit dem Klima zu tun hat
#Global WarmingDie Erderwärmung wird durch gigantische Unterwasser-Vulkanausbrüche beschleunigt. Dennoch bleibt die Forschung bei der fixen Idee, das CO2 sei schuld.…
Bari Weiss: Interview with Historian Peter Turchin
#PoliticsIn 2010, you published an article that predicted that 2020 would be a year of instability, using hundreds of thousands of historical data points.…
Average temperatures
#Science #Global WarmingA fellow phoned me yesterday, he had just returned home from a holiday in Greece. He has holidayed there off and on for the last 20 years. It had never been so cold, he told me.…
The Autism Surge: Lies, Conspiracies, and My Own Kids
#Science #U.S.A. #HealthIn the summer of 2001 we took our younger son, two-year-old Jonathan, to the neurologist. He hadn’t developed speech, never played with toys, and had a compulsion to stare at cracks in the pavement while flapping his hands. The diagnosis was almost instant: autism.…
Masked Gunmen and a Stolen Toilet: How Russia Seized a Ukrainian City’s Businesses - WSJ
#Economy #Crime #UkraineNot long after Russia’s military ), balaclava-clad men arrived at the head office of one of its largest companies, beat its security gua…
The internet and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race
#Politics #Software #ScienceIf I had the energy, I suppose I could fill a hundred pages trying to prove it, but what would be the point? Whole ) [_have been_](https://substack.…
The era of artificial intelligence is here, and boy, are people freaking out
#Politics #Software #ScienceFortunately, I am here to bring the good news: AI will not destroy the world, and in fact may save it.…