Sustainable world
Follow along on Refind to get notified when they have new links.
Collection by Thomas Billeter
Public
23
Links
The Guardian
20 must-see documentaries to explain the world in 2020
The Guardian
~19 min read · 67 saves · 2020-07-26 · Guy Lodge · From climate change to Black Lives Matter, these are the films that best capture and explain what’s going on around us
Guardian Environment
Could Microsoft’s climate crisis ‘moonshot’ plan really work?
Guardian Environment
8 min read · 97 saves · 2020-04-23 · The tech giant’s pledge to go carbon negative by 2030 leans heavily on nascent technology such as machines that suck carbon out of the air
Guardian Environment
Will Florida be lost forever to the climate crisis?
Guardian Environment
~11 min read · 96 saves · 2020-04-21 · From sea level rise to habitat loss, the effects of the climate crisis are on the verge of making south Florida uninhabitable
Aeon+Psyche
Win-win solutions are a fantasy: in reality, progress creates both winners and losers
Aeon+Psyche
2 min read · 88 saves · 2020-01-06 · It’s no secret that the biggest gains in the growing global economy are reaped by the extremely wealthy. And from philanthropy to tech initiatives, plenty of the world's billionaires claim to have…
The New York Times
It’s the End of California as We Know It
The New York Times
5 min read · 53 saves · 2019-10-30 · Farhad Manjoo · The fires and the blackouts are connected to a larger problem in this state: a failure to live sustainably.
OM
Marc Benioff on Why We Need New Capitalism
OM
3 min read · 41 saves · 2019-10-14 · In an opinion piece for The New York Times, Salesforce co-founder and CEO Marc Benioff argues: It’s time for a new capitalism — a more fair, equal and sustainable capitalism that actually works for…
Guardian Tech
What happens if your mind lives for ever on the internet?
Guardian Tech
8 min read · 234 saves · 2019-10-20 · Michael Graziano · It may be some way off, but mind uploading, the digital duplication of your mental essence, could expand human experience into a virtual afterlife
medium.com
Peak California
medium.com
~12 min read · 55 saves · 2019-03-08 · California is hard to beat. There are richer places with worse weather, there are (a few) nicer climates with worse economies, but it’s…
MIT Technology Review
Why AI is a threat to democracy—and what we can do to stop it
MIT Technology Review
7 min read · 86 saves · From 2019 · Futurist and NYU professor Amy Webb on an impending artificial intelligence catastrophe—and why there’s still hope it can be averted.
Nicky Case
The Evolution of Trust
Nicky Case
870 saves · From 2017 · an interactive guide to the game theory of why & how we trust each other
Carbon Brief
Solar now ‘cheaper than grid electricity’ in every Chinese city, study finds
Carbon Brief
5 min read · 44 saves · 2019-08-12 · Solar power has become cheaper than grid electricity across China, a development that could boost the prospects of industrial and commercial solar, according to a new study.
TIME
Why Your Brain Can’t Process Climate Change
TIME
4 min read · 50 saves · 2019-08-14 · Our brains aren't good processing future catastrophic events like climate change
