Futurism
Scientists Are Building a “Black Box” to Record the End of Civilization
2 min · · Researchers are building a massive, indestructible box that’ll record scientific data to give future civilizations insight on how exactly humanity fell. · Shared by 501, including LARRY ELKAN, Pascal Sulser, @nonprofitorgs / Nonprofit Tech for Good, Brian Leiter https://universeodon.com/@BrianLeiter, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Carly, Fawzi A. Baba-Ali
The Guardian
The forgotten oil ads that told us climate change was nothing
9 min · · Since the 1980s, fossil fuel firms have run ads touting climate denial messages – many of which they’d now like us to forget. Here’s our visual guide · Shared by 469, including Thomas Power, Mary Annaïse Heglar, Dr. Genevieve Guenther, Bill McKibben, Steve Faulkner SteveFaulkner@mastodon.social, Adrien Salazar, Chris Sacca 🇺🇸, Akshat Rathi, Emily is writing a book, Svein Tveitdal, Matthew Holt, Wolfgang Blau, Dr. Leah C. Stokes, Thomas Pleil, Gavin Schmidt, Rachel Dobbs, Jamie Sarai Margolin, Claudia Sommer, Prof Michael E. Mann, Tactical Tech
The New Yorker
Can Nuclear Fusion Put the Brakes on Climate Change?
9 min · · Amid an escalating crisis, the power source offers a dream—or a pipe dream—of limitless clean energy. · Shared by 123, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Noah Smith, Steven Pinker, Columbia University, Gerd Leonhard, Paul Kedrosky, Jonathan Overpeck, Logical Analysis, Molly Wood, Pascal Sulser, Martin Ford, Patrick Collison, John Hagel, Marc Abrahams
Stratechery
Metaverses
11+ min · · The Metaverse of Snow Crash is not a good analogy for the future, as the Internet breaks down into Stephenson’s dystopia · Shared by 344, including Semil, Klaus Eck, Michael Eisenberg, Pascal Sulser, Nico Luchsinger, Lelio Simi, Jonathan Kogan, Bill Johnston, Chris Messina, Joanna (J.F.) Penn, Scott Monty, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Michael Seemann, Thomas Euler
The Atlantic
Carbon Tax, Beloved Policy to Fix Climate Change, Is Dead at 47
8 min · · It reshaped how the world thought about climate change. But its prized trait—bloodless economic efficiency—won it few friends on the right or left. · Shared by 58, including Dr. Jonathan Foley, Pascal Sulser, John Schwartz
WIRED
If You Transplant a Human Head, Does Its Consciousness Follow?
3 min · · In her new book, Brandy Schillace recalls the unbelievable legacy of a Cold War era neurosurgeon’s mission to preserve the soul. · Shared by 251, including Jane, Pascal Sulser, Brian Roemmele, Nicolas Babin, Lee Keyes, Vaughan Bell, Gregg Caruso, John Nosta, Dr Lindsey Fitzharris
National Geographic
America declared independence on July 2—so why is the 4th a holiday?
4 min · · The colonies had already voted for freedom from British rule, but debates over slavery held up the formal adoption of the Declaration of Independence. · Shared by 9, including Pascal Sulser
Scientific American
A Random Walk through the English Language
4 min · · How a dispute between a religious believer and a confirmed atheist led to a major mathematical breakthrough · Shared by 112, including Pascal Sulser, Uyên Đỗ
Noah Smith
Interview: Marc Andreessen, VC and tech pioneer
19+ min · · Shared by 595, including Michael (मुकेश), Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Chris Messina, Mathew Ingram, Arielle Pardes, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Benedict Evans, Ryan Hoover, Peter Merholz, Steve Faktor, David Andolfatto, Sid Sijbrandij, andrew chen, Tara Imani, AIA, Kara Swisher, tylercowen, Ser Jeff Garzik, Brian Armstrong 🛡️, Kevin_Indig
Quartz
Google has built a stunning, searchable archive of 3,000 years of world fashion
2 min · · It's an endlessly entertaining portal touching on everything from modern Japanese streetwear to the clothes worn at Versailles. · Shared by 13, including Pascal Sulser
Existential Comics
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Question
1 min · · A philosophy webcomic about the inevitable anguish of living a brief life in an absurd world. Also Jokes · Shared by 146, including Pascal Sulser, your #1 source for absurdist true crime 🐀 🐍👑 🌷
Knowable Magazine
You’ve Been Lied to About Lying
8 min · · The conventional wisdom about how to spot a liar is all wrong. · Shared by 220, including Esther Schindler, Gabriele, Vaughan Bell, Jeff Atwood, Miguel Angel Escotet, Pascal Sulser
rootsofprogress.org
Why has nuclear power been a flop?
18+ min · · Nuclear is expensive, but it should be cheap · Shared by 44, including Pascal Sulser, Ben Thompson, Ezra Klein, Balaji, David Wallace-Wells, Noah Smith, Jason Crawford, Steven Sinofsky
Noah Smith
Why has climate economics failed us?
Summary · 14+ min · · Economists could have helped in the fight against climate change. So far, they haven't. · Shared by 336, including Prof Steve Keen, getAbstract, Pascal Sulser, Tim, sircharlsxavier, Brendan Nyhan (@Brendan.J.Nyhan on 🧵🧵🧵), DeLong🖖, Michael (मुकेश), Tom Connor, Elaine Hsieh, Stowe Boyd, Chris Dillow, Rico Grimm, Mirko Lorenz, Michael Nielsen
Aeon+Psyche
Democracy is common and robust historically and across the globe
12+ min · · Democracy is not a torch passed from ancient Athens but a globally common form of government with much to teach us today · Shared by 64, including Pascal Sulser, ExApologist
Areo
Should You Trust the Myers-Briggs Personality Test?
12+ min · · The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is the most popular personality test in the world. It’s a favourite among Fortune 100 companies, government agencies and regular people. More than 1.5 million… · Shared by 262, including Miguel Angel Escotet, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Stephanie A Kowalski, Ricardo Yasuda, Steven Pinker, Mike Taylor, Kevin Mitchell @WiringtheBrain@ mstdn .social, Amicitia, Pascal Sulser, John Hagel, M.J. Crockett, David Pearce, Ceferino Díaz