The good news is that consumer involvement is very effective in increasing sustainability.
82% of all wealth created in 2017 went to the top 1%, report finds
The rich aren’t only getting richer — they’re getting much richer.
New US tax bill would pile more taxes on PhD students
Not a promising sign for research in the states.
Scott Pruitt says subsidies give renewables an unfair edge, and here’s why he’s a monumental hypocrite
Capital H.
Too much innovation wrecks weak economies, too much competition paralyzes strong ones, paper reports
Moderation is key.
A history of how computers went from stealing your heart, to stealing your job
They changed our society from the ground up. And will do so again.
Finland basic income trial concludes, participants enjoy lower stress and higher incentive to work
A small UBI trial in Finland has rendered very promising results.
“Make our planet great again” — The world reacts to Trump quitting the Paris Agreement
Trump to Earth: “Screw you.” The Earth to Trump: “No, screw you!”
Urban heat island effect could almost triple the cost of climate change in cities, burn economies to a crisp
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fireeee.
India cancels plans for huge coal power station — because solar energy is getting so cheap
Coal is losing more and more ground.
Chinese company offers free training for US coal miners to become wind farmers
It’s the disproval of every Trump narrative around renewable energy.
NASA will explore an asteroid worth 10,000 $quadrillion — four years sooner than expected
The scientific value might be just as high.
Want better, cheaper health care? Pay doctors a flat salary, not per procedure, behavioral economists say
Doctors? Having conflicts of interests? Can’t be.
Some two billion people depend on imported food
Whenever population pressure increases, more food is imported.
These are the world’s fastest growing cities. They’re all in Africa
Worldwide, more and more people are starting to move from rural areas to urban areas. But nowhere is this as prevalent as in Africa.
Does your country have bad drivers? Then your government is likely corrupt
Spare a moment to think about how the streets are in your country. The ponder how corrupt your country is. Do you see a correlation?
Ontario, Canada, to start piloting basic income project
Out of all the ideas to end global poverty, the simplest seems to also be more effective: governments just handing out money to people.
The Netherlands is shutting down prisons. It doesn’t have enough criminals, and prisons aren’t effective at rehabilitation
While this is a problem for the country’s 1,900 prison workers losing their jobs… it’s not such a bad problem to have.
Chinese factory replaces 90% of human workers with robots. Production rises by 250%, defects drop by 80%
After a factory in Dongguan, China, replaced most of its workers with robots, it witnessed a spectacular rise in productivity.
Dominant wasps hand out breaks when workers are scarce, become horrible bosses when they’re plentiful
Wasps should really form their own labor union.