The Psychopathology of High Discount Rates and Nuclear Power
Will Congress ever create a new independent agency to store nuclear waste permanently? | Peak Everything, Overshoot, & Collapse (energyskeptic.com)
Read MoreThe Botany and Biodiversity Desire of the Human Discount Rate
‘To kill a program’: Duke to close herbarium after over 100 years of operation – The Chronicle (dukechronicle.com) Are Herbaria Still Relevant in the 21st Century? | Biodiversity Knowledge Integration Center (asu.edu There was more…
Read MoreDemocracy, Liberalism, and Prosperity, a Study of 109 Nations
Secularism and tolerance of minority groups predicts future prosperity of countries (phys.org)
Read MoreUS Dismal Ranking in OECD Skills Test a Decade Ago
A very recent OECD skills study showed that citizens, age 16-65, of the USA scored 19th of 20 nations in the adjusted mean numeracy test and 18 of 21 in literacy. For young people age 16-24 in the numeracy test the USA was 24 of 24, and…
Read MoreEconomics and the Real World, Ignorance is Bliss?
TGS, 108 Steve Keen Transcript.docx (squarespace.com) Steve Keen: “On the Origins of Energy Blindness” | The Great Simplification a PDF and a podcast and a YouTube, as you like LS
Read MoreGod and Evolution Walk Into a Bar
My God: It’s Evolution! | Do the Math (ucsd.edu) A Religion of Life | Do the Math (ucsd.edu)
Read MoreWestern Spirit
Bundyville: The Remnant – Longreads
Read MoreSplitting Hairs Over US Ethics
I must say, the USA believes the friggin wholesale business is by definition orders of magnitude morally superior to retail. We also think Christianity is superior to Judaism. When Jews try their hand at our business, we have some strong…
Read MoreThe Gods Must be Crazy, Tales of Hollywood
A Religion of Life | Do the Math (ucsd.edu) We are a story telling species. Stories about “god s” gave selective advantage to groups, who developed greater internal altruism. It rolled the dice in their favor in out group…
Read MoreHigher Education: Win, Zero-Sum, or Negative Utility?
All of that can make for a very short stint in trying to effect a better future or even one slightly less dire. LS
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