The Guardian
20 must-see documentaries to explain the world in 2020
19+ min · · From climate change to Black Lives Matter, these are the films that best capture and explain what’s going on around us · Shared by 68, including Thomas Billeter, Alex B., Philip Stehlik
The Guardian
Could Microsoft’s climate crisis ‘moonshot’ plan really work?
8 min · · 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 · Shared by 99, including Thomas Power, Neil Hart 💙, Thomas Billeter, Dean Anthony Gratton, Matthias Lampe, Katja Evertz, @grzewap@mastodon.social
The Guardian
Will Florida be lost forever to the climate crisis?
11+ min · · From sea level rise to habitat loss, the effects of the climate crisis are on the verge of making south Florida uninhabitable · Shared by 99, including Arie Goldshlager, Thomas Billeter, Terry Hughes, Katja Evertz, Matthias Lampe
Aeon+Psyche
Win-win solutions are a fantasy: in reality, progress creates both winners and losers
2 min · · 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… · Shared by 90, including Thomas Billeter, Marylin Delgado (@marylindelgado@zirk.us), Matthias Lampe, Faik Ersoy, Jochen Burkhard, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire
The New York Times
It’s the End of California as We Know It
5 min · · The fires and the blackouts are connected to a larger problem in this state: a failure to live sustainably. · Shared by 52, including Thomas Billeter, Joanna J Bryson, Steve Silberman, Claudia Sommer, Alice Wong 王美華
OM
Marc Benioff on Why We Need New Capitalism
3 min · · 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… · Shared by 43, including Tauno, Dan Primack, Thomas Power, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Thomas Billeter
The Guardian
What happens if your mind lives for ever on the internet?
8 min · · It may be some way off, but mind uploading, the digital duplication of your mental essence, could expand human experience into a virtual afterlife · Shared by 250, including Jonathan Kogan, Liliane Ferrari ™, Miguel Angel Escotet, Rick King, Ronald van Loon, John Nosta, Ste Davies, David Pearce, Nige Roberts-Willson, Gabriele, luis antónio santos, Sarah-Jayne Gratton, Sam Proud, Thomas Billeter, Dean Anthony Gratton, Thomas Power
medium.com
Peak California
12+ min · · California is hard to beat. There are richer places with worse weather, there are (a few) nicer climates with worse economies, but it’s… · Shared by 55, including Steven Sinofsky, M.G. Siegler, anildash.com, ron boger, Thomas Billeter, Cameron Yick ~ @hydrosquall@vis.social on mastodon, Liza Sperling, Dominic Grzbielok
MIT Technology Review
Why AI is a threat to democracy—and what we can do to stop it
7 min · · Futurist and NYU professor Amy Webb on an impending artificial intelligence catastrophe—and why there’s still hope it can be averted. · Shared by 86, including Stéphane Renault, Adrienne Fichter, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Gerd Leonhard, Thomas Billeter, Bryan Onel, Grégoire Japiot 🌻, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Oscar MacDonald, Antonio Vieira Santos, Josep M. Ganyet, Lelio Simi, Charles Baldwin
Nicky Case · 🐘 mas.to/@ncase
The Evolution of Trust
· an interactive guide to the game theory of why & how we trust each other · Shared by 2366, including Dan Shaw, Mara Averick, Paul Kedrosky, Thomas Power, Zain Fathoni, DP, Chris Messina, Ricky Yean, Lucas Foster, Mark Kaigwa, Taylor Pearson, Bruno Skvorc 🦞 | bruno.eth, Gideonro, Fabricio Teixeira, Pat Kua, Luca Hammer, Aleksandra Wisniewska, Azeem Azhar, Courtney Bolton ★, Stef Walter
Carbon Brief
Solar now ‘cheaper than grid electricity’ in every Chinese city, study finds
5 min · · 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. · Shared by 42, including Matthew Holt, Glen Gilmore #MWC23, Tom Connor, Thomas Billeter, Thomas Power, Katja Evertz, ExApologist, Fabio Moioli
TIME
Why Your Brain Can’t Process Climate Change
4 min · · Our brains aren't good processing future catastrophic events like climate change · Shared by 49, including Jane, Jo Hemmings 🇺🇦, Katja Evertz, Tom Connor, Thomas Billeter, Thomas Power
The Guardian
Good news at last: the world isn’t as horrific as you think
20+ min · · Training yourself how to put the news into perspective – practising ‘factfulness’ – will change your outlook for the better · Shared by 91, including Dario Pagnoni 🛡️, Daron Larson, Simon Wüthrich, Thomas Billeter, Fern, Kim Dik, Thomas Power, Nir Eyal
The Guardian
Yuval Noah Harari: ‘Homo sapiens as we know them will disappear in a century or so’
19+ min · · 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 · Shared by 89, including ̗̀ ̗̀Manuel Marquina, Ward Plunet, Howard Getson, Henning von Vogelsang, Thomas Power, Thomas Billeter, Paddy Zab
The Guardian
If robots are the future of work, where do humans fit in?
7 min · · We need to rethink our view of jobs and leisure – and quickly, if we are to avoid becoming obsolete · Shared by 48, including Adrian Castaneda, Thomas Billeter, Dominik Grolimund, Stephanie A Kowalski, Leslie D, Stowe Boyd
The Guardian
BlackRock lost $90bn investing in fossil fuel companies, report finds
2 min · · World’s biggest fund urged to invest in clean energy for good of the climate and its investors · Shared by 32, including 瑞拿頭, Thomas Billeter, Yvette Dubel, Jonathan Kogan