"Most societies have been pyramid schemes, requiring constant growth and novel inputs"
-- the incredible @SamoBurja on the importance of maintaining intergenerational knowledge.
In the late 1990s, Julia Hill climbed a 200 foot (61 meters) approximately 1000-year-old Californian redwood tree & didn't come down for another 738 days. She ultimately reached an agreement with Pacific Lumber Company to spare the tree & a 200-foot buffer zone surrounding the tree.
As public concern grows about the health and environmental impacts of so-called forever chemicals, a new investigation reveals that 3M, the American manufacturing giant, discovered and hid the risks of these toxic substances for decades. https://t.co/ESsr52lvaE
@Cancelcloco@BernieSanders The DNC chose Trump over Sanders. They rigged the primaries against the most popular candidate because they preferred Trump as a worst-case scenario to Sanders.
If Trump won? Business as usual for the donors funding both sides. Better that than ever allowing a rep of the people
@SenSanders Thanks for being perhaps the only voice of integrity.
I feel we are living in a time of decline, and I will at least be able to tell my children that in my lifetime I got to see a real living breathing example of integrity in politics, even if it was only one.
One of the best interviews I've seen in a long time.
@SamoBurja talks about how to avoid #collapse, including the need for 'great founders' such as the founding fathers of the USA.
Thanks to @Liv_Boeree for an exceptional podcast.
https://t.co/vlp6JmalkI
@jim_rutt The 1st reason to ban or regulate TikTok is that it is psychologically damaging. 2nd is foreign state information control.
Currently it’s a distinct lack of control, showing content that is other wise shadow banned and restricted. Ironic people are turning to China for freedom
@TOEwithCurt how do we avert extinction and co-create human-biosphere symbiosis.
So far, Daniel Schmachtenberger and Iain Mcgilchrist have the most valuable insights to share on this.
You should interview both of them.
The big four x-risks (existential and catastrophic risks) are:
- nuclear risk
- biotech risk
- biosphere distruction
- AI risk.
The following is an excellent deep dive into understanding the AI risk landscape.
https://t.co/XqNfPcsscc
There has been a massive redistribution of wealth in America. But it has gone in exactly the wrong direction.
Since 1975, over $50 trillion in wealth has been redistributed from the bottom 90% to the top 1% as corporations spend their profits on stock buybacks and dividends.