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It’s a conspiracy!?
“The problem with conspiracy theories is they’re not just telling you a story, they’re telling you a really good story. There’s a hidden cabal behind everything that’s happening, there’s a secret pattern that you just have to be smart enough to detect.”
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Has humanity reached its peak existentially
A widespread concern with overpopulation became prominent in the 1960s and the 1970s, when scholars wondered how we could produce enough food for a rapidly growing global population. Brought to the fore with the publication of the book, “The Population Bomb,” by Paul R. Ehrlich in 1968
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Space X is harming local habitats, indigenous people and origins
Unrestricted access to beaches is a public right in Texas. But for the little-known, magical, and untamed stretch of beach called Boca Chica, that right is curtailed when SpaceX takes flight.
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Feeding the Planet
Since the domestication of plants began some 11,000 years ago, humans have converted 40% of the earth’s surface into farmland. With global population soon approaching 9 billion we need to produce 60% more food, just to keep the status quo with regard to food distribution.
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What’s up with people sleeping at work?
In the Philippines, rather than feeling the need to always look busy, working people often quite openly and unabashedly slept during the day, while on the clock.
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Population Clockwatch
It took 200,000 years for our human population to reach 1 billion—and only 200 years to reach 7 billion. But growth has begun slowing, as women have fewer babies on average. When will our global population peak? And how can we minimize our impact on Earth’s resources, even as we approach 11 billion?
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Humanity is trippin’ on junk intelligence
Why is it that very sophisticated societies have been as susceptible as stone age tribes to mass delusion and the rise of destructive ideologies?” Subscribe to Be at https://grev.eu Subscribe to Big Think at https://bigthink.com
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Learning from Japanese education practices
Character is the foundation of learning. Up to 10 years old there are no examinations but character and discipline is encouraged through example and teamwork.
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Broken Promises 2024
The Price of Certainty By Daniele Anastasion · Video published by NYT Nov. 1, 2016 on Vimeo As we bear witness, in 2024, to the continued and almost unbelievable polarisation of politics in the United States, the gulf grows wider. As promises are broken, too many people desperate for certainty are led to believe that…
