Depeche Mode - "Policy Of Truth"
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| No, not that kind of nuke! |
How bad nuclear policy has made poor people much poorer and the environment much worse; excerpt:
Imagine a world in which nuclear power costs less than three cents real a kilowatt-hour as it did not so long ago. Not only would the poor be immensely richer, but the planet would be far better off. Electrification of transportation and industry would explode. Desal would take off. Synthetic fuels could become viable. Skies would be clean. All this electricity would require little land and produce almost no CO2.
More on nukes (podcast, not a great guest but interesting information; e.g. In 2012, the Sierra Club admitted it had taken $26 million from natural gas companies).
Since "the only unbiased person in the world" Sam Harris has taken up her cause: Is J.K. Rowling transphobic? Let’s let her speak for herself.
“Deeply amused by those telling me I’ve lost their admiration due to the disrespect I show violent, duplicitous rapists.”
The hard problem of consciousness: On the liking of burritos
I don't agree with everything in this (I think consciousness obviously influences behavior, in part by getting us to speculate about consciousness) but the author has a similar "WTF?" view.
Or, as I quote Sam Harris in Losing:
Whatever the explanation for consciousness is, it might always seem like a miracle.
And for what it’s worth, I think it always will seem like a miracle.
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