The Guardian
20 must-see documentaries to explain the world in 2020
~19 min read · 2020-07-26 · 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?
8 min read · 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?
~11 min read · 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
2 min read · From 2020 · 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
5 min read · From 2019 · 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
3 min read · From 2019 · 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?
8 min read · From 2019 · 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
~12 min read · From 2019 · 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
7 min read · 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 (rarely uses this site)
The Evolution of Trust
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
5 min read · From 2019 · 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
4 min read · From 2019 · Our brains aren't good processing future catastrophic events like climate change
The Guardian
Good news at last: the world isn’t as horrific as you think
20+ min read · From 2018 · Training yourself how to put the news into perspective – practising ‘factfulness’ – will change your outlook for the better
The Guardian
Yuval Noah Harari: ‘Homo sapiens as we know them will disappear in a century or so’
~19 min read · From 2017 · The visionary historian, author of two dazzling bestsellers on the state of mankind, takes questions from Lucy Prebble, Arianna Huffington, Esther Rantzen and a selection of our readers
The Guardian
If robots are the future of work, where do humans fit in?
7 min read · From 2016 · We need to rethink our view of jobs and leisure – and quickly, if we are to avoid becoming obsolete
Guardian Environment
BlackRock lost $90bn investing in fossil fuel companies, report finds
2 min read · From 2019 · World’s biggest fund urged to invest in clean energy for good of the climate and its investors
