The Improving State of the World
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…sustainability? Various metrics suggest human society has a likely chance of sustaining its most important trajectories: http://radicaloptimism.org/wiki/Human_Society See also The Rational Optimist by Ridley, The Improving State of the World by Goklany, etc.
on “The Unrealized Horrors of Population Explosion” ↗…Education - Caplan * Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids - Caplan * Dawkins - The Selfish Gene * A Confession - Tolstoy * Enlightenment Now - Pinker * The Better Angels of our Nature - Pinker * The Improving State of the World - Goklany * The Skeptical Environmentalist - Lomborg * Religion for Atheists - de Botton * Ending Aging - de Grey * Gut Feelings - Gigirenzer Fiction: * Heart of Darkness - Conrad * Candide - Voltaire…
on “Ask HN: What did you purchase that measurably improved your quality of life?” ↗I am unabashedly human-centric, and only people suffering from affluenza think otherwise. Read "The Improving State of the World" by Indur Goklany.
on “Zany ideas to slow polar melting are gathering momentum” ↗