The state of humanity
by Julian Lincoln Simon · first published 1995
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Yep, that's a deluded fantasy all right. See "Ultimate Resource 2", "The Resourceful Earth", or "State of Humanity" by Julian Simon or "Earth Report 2000" by Ronald Bailey.
on “C: A Technological Landmine” ↗…imposed somehow - it is incumbent on us humans to impose justice as well as we can. [1] The notion that things are terrible and getting worse is wrong, I think. See for example - Julian Simon, "The State of Humanity" - Steven Pinker, "The Better Angels of our Nature" - Max Roser, "Our World in Data", https://ourworldindata.org etc.
on “How to Be a Stoic” ↗I'm curious why nobody seems to have compared Pinker's book to Julian Simon's 1996 tome The State of Humanity. It's also full of statistics and graphs showing the vast improvements in human life over time leading up to now. Simon's book has been co-opted by the libertarian right (Cato Institute etc.) to show…
on “Review of Steven Pinker’s Enlightenment Now” ↗…- Hans Rosling, Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World – and Why Things Are Better Than You Think [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factfulness:_Ten_Reasons_We%27...] - Julian Simon, The State of Humanity Note: Some of these writers and arguments are co-opted by rabid libertarians or ideologues that argue that all is well, there is nothing to worry about, and nothing needs to be done (and certainly no…
on “Warning Signals for Collapse of The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation” ↗