- An update on the massive damage from palm oil plantations in Indonesia. What’s driving the destruction? American biofuel policies.
- Amazon delivers fast and cheap, but that’s the price of heavy workloads and stress. A 10 percent price increase might mean the difference between their misery and a sustainable work environment.
- Investors might cause a real revolution in climate policy if Exxon loses this lawsuit on deceiving investors over its climate change risk.
- Cryptoprices are down 80+ percent from their high, but the “decentralized web” (Web 3.0) is carrying on. Here’s an interesting tale of a social media site that was shut down because it was not decentralized enough.
- “In Pontevedra, 80 percent of kids age 6 to 12 walk alone to school“
- Who earns the most? Not the selfish (defectors) or generous (cooperators) but the mostly but not entirely unselfish. According to my research [pdf], about 70-80 percent of people are in this last category.
- Some insights into Russia’s “Silk Road” [Darknet market]
- How to get organized.
- “Weather and climate disasters in the United States cost an estimated $306 billion in 2017, about $100 billion more than ever before. Climate change isn’t an abstract threat for our grandchildren. It’s here.“
- A bribery case highlights how Venezuelan officials are making $billions off government controls and currency manipulation. Citizens suffer.
H/T to PB