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I hate to say it, but at this point, we need a pseudonymous publication system with some type of proof of authorship to maintain the safety of scientists while keeping the scientific credibility of peer reviewed publications intact. The dat
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I recommend the Triple P program, which is a research-backed program to help reduce problem behavior in children. It has some great tips and best practices, regardless of the presence or absence of any behavioral issues: https://
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Front page of NYT shows global climate change through 2023(frontpages.com)
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I am of the opinion that it will not be the end of the world, but a transformation. Read literally ANY scientific literature on climate change and you will see that there is reason to believe major changes are afoot.
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A more positive take here is that we are likely to see a transformation of industrial civilization. And that transformation must necessarily involve an expansion off the earth toward space-based industrial development. As Gerard O’Neill sai
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Rapid Loss of Habitat for Homo sapiens (2021) [pdf](guymcpherson.com)
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Just make a new rule that you can only post content on x that has first been posted on a properly moderated social media site.
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Great comment and thank you for digging into the code!
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Read about the Victorian workhouse, the Irish potato famine, and Rawanda in the 1990s. In the latter example, the average person had less than a backyard worth of land to work on for subsistence. Jared Diamond discussed the case of Rawanda
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I want to believe in infinite growth too. Maybe asteroid mining could make this paper and model predictions way off. Indeed, that is the kind of thing we hear from Jeff Bezos: https://www.milkenreview.org/articles/minin
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The comprehensive technology sensitivity analysis already takes into account a possible rate of technology development beyond what has been achieved before, so that argument is baked into this analysis. Another sensitivity analysis for the
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Looks pretty closed to me: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144427/all-of-you-o... How many thousands of dollars does it cost to launch a kilogram of mass into orbit again? Out of orbit? Do we even have a
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This is not my analysis, and the first author, Gaya Herrington, explains the alignment between the model and empirical data here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KJpvc3i5j84 I also react with concern. Yes there are infinite c
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Unfortunately for all of us, the model does have very good predictive power despite its simplicity. Herrington et al in 2020 checked the 1972 model scenarios (there were 4 such scenarios as sensitivity analyses) against around 40 years of e
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Recent recalibration of the limits of growth model has shown that collapse of industrial civilization is imminent [0]. Climate change is one of the most visible symptoms of the limits of growth, but not the only symptom. 0. https:/&#x
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has personally and repeatedly thwarted initiatives meant to improve the well-being of teens on Facebook and Instagram. You will excuse me as I guffaw at the credibility gap here. Source: https://amp.cnn.c
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I made a bookmarklet that scrambles text, while still making it human-readable with the idea that greater effort to read might slow the reader and improve retention. I wonder if the same would apply to GPT4. It is a testable hypothesis htt
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He was a very influential political operator. It’s true what they say though, at least in this case. Only the good die young.
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Recalibrated limits of growth suggests near-term collapse(onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
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Specifically referring to: https://imageio.forbes.com/specials-images/imageserve/6557e6...
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Maybe he will learn to capitalize words at the beginning of sentences. In all seriousness, I find the habit of “higher ups” to answer emails like teenagers texting on a T9 phone worthy of a sociology paper. Perhaps it is the written equival
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Concept2 Rowing Machine Fitness DVDs and Player Running Shoes Hardcopy Encyclopedia Milk Crate Shelving Lot of AlphaSmart Danas from EBay for distraction-free writing
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Hear me out: Five days on, two days off, five days on, seven days off. Repeat 19 times per year. At the end of the year, everyone gets 11 days off!
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Personally, I always thought 19 months, 19 days each, for 361 days and take the last four or five off (we do anyway) made the most sense. Then I learned the Baha’i calendar uses this system. One variation I would support is a 19 day week, w
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On the other hand, it is better to know what the future may hold earlier than others do. The effect of elevation on climate is especially interesting for those looking for a viable place to live at 600 ppm CO2 levels: https://www
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Same, and the reduced strain on my internet bandwidth has also helped me. Now is the time to buy, as physical media is quickly disappearing.
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Autobiography of astrophysicist and computer scientist William H. Press(morethancurious.com)
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Time to bring together every trend into a single product: An LLM and image generator developed through a cryptocurrency-based distributed network that is also a social media platform.
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Reading these comments has made me feel very lucky not to have tinnitus. However, as a pharmacist, I have consulted with many people asking about supplements and treatments for tinnitus. One treatment that has worked for some people is lipo
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This is seriously concerning.

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