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..." [more]
favorited by jjwiseman on April 15, 2008 11:57 PM

MeFi comment: "And they say natural selection is dead." [more]
favorited by Mick on April 15, 2008 8:06 PM

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...." [more]
favorited by hellslinger on March 12, 2008 11:33 AM

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..." [more]
favorited by doofsmack on January 21, 2008 11:40 PM

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..." [more]
favorited by knave on November 11, 2007 6:09 PM

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...." [more]
favorited by poweredbybeard on September 26, 2007 9:50 PM