MeFi comment:
"At what point do sentiments such as these degenerate into morbid misanthropy?
As a message of voluntary non-reproduction this parody is hardly misanthropic. Since about 1980 (for the whole of my lifetime) we have been in ecological overshoot. The..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by jjwiseman
3 months ago
MeFi comment:
"When did this style of conversationalist journalism become widespread? I'm not asking rhetorically, I'm actually curious. It seems like an awfully wasteful format in terms of wordcount and the reader's time...." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by hellslinger
4 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I thoroughly enjoyed Bill Mckibben's 'floating head'* talk as a counterpoint to the rampant speculation of the other speakers.
"The more things change, the more they stay the same" is a saying that (I predict) will never get old.
*His..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by doofsmack
6 months ago
MeFi comment:
"TED's format makes a lot of sense when you consider the average income of the conference goers. From that perspective what they do is brilliant.
For people with slightly longer attention spans, I'm hoping that TED will be a gateway drug to the..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by knave
8 months ago
MeFi comment:
"I'm surprised that the Climate Crisis calculator hasn't been mentioned yet. It's more accurate than any other 'impact calculator' I've seen, and allows you to compare your results to people near you...." [
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10 months ago
