primroot

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The power of speech (2008)(theguardian.com)
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The case against golf (2007)(theguardian.com)
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by primroot 11y ago
There is a linguist (Daniel Everett) who thinks language can make you less prompt to accept a religion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNajfMZGnuo
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Tattoo snafu irks inked Apple Watch wearers(reuters.com)
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I saw two elephants. I'm afraid I may be a misanthropist. :(
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by primroot 11y ago
As intellectuals "know" people with noble intentions commit strategical blunders, and irresponsible acts but no such things as atrocities. These psychiatrists were perhaps trying to find a method to objectively identify the defin
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by primroot 11y ago
And let's also not forget more recent developments. http://foreignpolicy.com/2013/08/26/exclusive-cia-files-prov... http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/nov/15/usa
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U.S. strike inadvertently killed U.S., Italian hostages; Obama apologizes(reuters.com)
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Speaking of genetic engineering, I can foresee the moment when human genetic engineering turns into a profitable activity, and hence another desperately needed innovation for dealing with global warming, malnutrition, poverty, etc. that onl
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With Cheap Food Imports, Haiti Can't Feed Itself (2010)(huffingtonpost.com)
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Chinese Property Developer Kaisa Defaults on Debt(nytimes.com)
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Dirt Poor: Have Fruits and Vegetables Become Less Nutritious? (2011)(scientificamerican.com)
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by primroot 12y ago
How about http://gohugo.io/ ?
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How Wall Street captured Washington’s effort to rein in banks(reuters.com)
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http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/vegetables-and-vegetable...
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Why Brazil has a big appetite for risky pesticides(reuters.com)
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by primroot 12y ago
I believe that if there were a way to measure agricultural productivity besides profits, arguing in favor of less environmentally damaging agriculture would be much easier. I had to endure Atrazine polluted tap water (Panama) for my birthda
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Ag-gag(en.wikipedia.org)
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by primroot 12y ago
I completely agree. My point is that this is part of a bigger pattern of "power dynamics." For example the urban middle class engages in a kind of self-congratulatory mode by observing such rituals as Earth Hour, while at the same
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> The damage caused by hydro-electrical plants is always blown out of proportion. Blanket statement. Which hydro-electrical plant? Very important point. That's a point the "let's reduce carbon emission with hydro-power&quo
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by primroot 12y ago
> Many times, people wanna save the environment at the cost of the poorest. Not quite, they want to keep/increase "their" wealth at the expense of the poorest. So old story here.
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Well everyone has to make sacrifices, some have to visit the mall less often, others have to endure their communities literally sink into oblivion [1]. It's all for the planet, even the methane [2][3]. Of course some dams are not so &q
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by primroot 12y ago
Forget about the rights of indigenous people, agricultural productivity, water evaporation, environmental impact, the subsidies, the malls, Jevons paradox, Plan Puebla Panamá, etc. Let's talk about greenhouse gases. http://w
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Horizontal Gene Transfer(en.wikipedia.org)
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Finland’s radical new plan to change school means an end to subjects(washingtonpost.com)
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... or potentially pay for their own negative externalities.
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by primroot 12y ago
Richard Muller and John Baez? Or is more that one face too many?
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by primroot 12y ago
What is it that amounts to effective prohibition? I did not find it.
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by primroot 12y ago
http://www1.american.edu/ted/cigar.htm
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Big Tobacco puts countries on trial as concerns over TTIP deals mount (2014)(independent.co.uk)
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