My newsletter Creative Destruction explores frame-changing ideas to create a better world.
These were the top posts of 2023 โ according to likes + shares by my subscribers:
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@gaulicsmith ...the missing AC in Europe again shows how severe the impact of climate change is. Europe is the fastest warming continent rn. Historically, we didn't need cooling, cause we didn't get many heatwaves. Also building stock here is much older than in the US
@gaulicsmith Thanks for acknowledging the severe impacts of the climate crisis. Note, though, that this stat is for the WHO Europe Region, which comprises over 53 countries and around 1 billion inhabitants. Still, a major reason here is way less homes with AC in Europe
We are in dire need of new visions and new stories of the future! We need a story revolution, but all we get these days is futures that fit in.
https://t.co/Gq5CZupEER
"We all notice when the poor get poorer: when there are more rough sleepers and food bank queues start to grow. But if the rich become richer, there is nothing much to see in public and, for most of us, daily life doesn't change. Or at least, not immediately."
Ingrid Robeyns
This is what the paper concludes:
"This reinforces our idea that the ubiquity of โvirtualโ species may be hindering the perception of rarity of these animals."
This is wild: According to a 2018 paper in PLOS Biology, the average French citizen, sees more than four โvirtualโ lions every day, which means that in a year, she witnesses more lions than exist in the whole of West Africa.
https://t.co/HdK38lNFKq
So yeah, I am not sure what Hip Hop legend @iamwill does at Yahoo Finance talking about AI ๐, but I do very much agree with his comment here: https://t.co/AO710ye9he
AI is capturing the spotlight with groundbreaking investments and buzz! ๐
But why aren't we equally thrilled and devoted to enhancing HI, Human Intelligence? ๐ง ๐จ
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Donโt see a surge of investment into that either...
Again, it seems like weโre actually quite set on destroying natural intelligence or the ecosystems that could teach us valuable lessons. At least if we continue the current trajectory...
What are the most important things we can do to steer humanity towards a regenerative future?
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๐ ๏ธ Prove That "This" Works
With projects in various categories, we need to prove that the regenerative story can put money and food on the table and lead to a happier, more resilient, communal and joyful life.