If you don’t know about Wait But Why, let me welcome you to a very deep, deeeeeep rabbit hole of the Internet. Tim posted answers to reader questions this morning and there were some fun thoughts sprinkled throughout. That’s not the usual format though. Every now and again, he drops 7500+ words on artificial intelligence, humanity, or some other insanely fundamental and highly researched topic. Consider this an old school blog link recommendation; add WBW to your RSS or signup for emails to get the occasional critical thinking bomb delivered.
The pessimistic part of my brain, looking at reality, makes a sad face and pats the optimistic part of my brain on the head.
The optimistic part of my brain, remembering how bad humans are at intuitively understanding exponential growth, pats the pessimistic part of my brain on the head.
Have you had the privilege to throw away nutritious food items because they take extra time to prepare? Are you realizing the terrible inefficiency of industrial food production and its effects on our planet? Do you want to make a tiny change to your personal habits so you feel better in the fiery situation you find yourself in?
While falling down the Thwaites Glacier hole this morning, there was more climate change news released last week. The numbers are startling, deadening, and make me stumble to find words. We made million year changes in just one hundred. We’ve reshaped the world and don’t even know — or can imagine — how yet.
The atmospheric burden of CO2 is now comparable to where it was during the Mid-Pliocene Warm Period around 3.6 million years ago, when concentrations of carbon dioxide ranged from about 380 to 450 parts per million. During that time sea level was about 78 feet higher than today, the average temperature was 7 degrees Fahrenheit higher than in pre-industrial times, and studies indicate large forests occupied areas of the Arctic that are now tundra.
Simple, straightforward, nothing more, and nothing less. Color inspiration from nature photos. Most of the palettes might be too monochromatic for applied use, but they are a great starting point for ideas. Plus, taking a scroll can be pretty relaxing as the imagery and presentation is calming.
Every blog and publication is talking about them. Millions of dollars are moving around. They should not be a thing and I should not have to be writing this.
The Great Green Wall is an African-led movement with an epic ambition to grow an 8,000km natural wonder of the world across the entire width of Africa. Now this is the bold, humanity-as-a-collective action I needed to see this morning. The world needs more people spending time on projects like this and less on NFTs Read More > >
