Humans and Phytomass, a 2000-Year View
Human domination of the biosphere: Rapid discharge of the earth-space battery foretells the future of humankind | PNAS
Read MoreA Reverse Flynn Effect in the USA? Vocabulary Peaked About 4 Decades Ago
Looking for Flynn effects in a recent online U.S. adult sample: Examining shifts within the SAPA Project | Elsevier Enhanced Reader I read about the reverse Flynn date from Europe about 2 decades ago. At that point it did not appear to be…
Read MoreUS States and Sex Education
Just 24 States Mandate Sex Education for K-12 Students, and Only 9 Require Any Discussion of Consent. See How Your State Stacks Up – The 74 (the74million. The SIECUS State Profiles 2019 / 2020 – The State of Sex Ed Abstinence Only…
Read MoreSuicide Rate, Recent Trending
Suicides in the USA increased 31% from 2000 to 2020. Currently about 46,000 people a year successfully commit suicide. LS 2015 Washington Post county level map of US suicide rates County and State Data Map: Defining Mental Health…
Read MoreA Project to Cripple Democracy and Advance Fascism
A threat to free speech: Ron DeSantis targets journalists, media with new legislation (msn.com) Attack facts, attack history, attack books, attack teachers, attack science, attack memory, attack immigrants, attack LBG, attack…
Read MoreThe Limits to Growth at 50 Years: Closing Doors and Rising Risks
Update to limits to growth (stanford.edu) TGS57 Gaya Herrington Transcript.docx (squarespace.com) (72) Ugo Bardi – The Limits to Growth 50 years later. The role of models in studying the future” – YouTube Ugo Bardi is a…
Read MoreUS Adult Literacy, Numeracy, and Problem Solving
The only political question is the timetable to nihilistic ignorance and willful ignorance at the cultural level. Looking at the latest OECD skills study (which includes everyone regardless of academic achievement) our literacy level…
Read MoreStrongmen and Atrophied Education, the Weltanschauung of Gleichshaltung
DeSantis’s Educational Policies Come Right Out of the Fascist Playbook – CounterPunch.org
Read MoreUS Educational Statistics of Adult Literacy and Numeracy
The National Center for Education Statistics is a branch of the Federal Department of Education. They released a study in April 2007 on the results from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy. There are 3 components of modern…
Read MoreSTEM and Diversity and Inclusion
Advancing Anti Racism Diversity Equity and Inclusion in STEM Organizations A Consensus Study | National Academies
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