A 100% Cashless society is a 100% controlled society

Hmmm. I bought and read The Handmaid’s Tale when it came out , as I did most of your novels. You could have knocked me over with a feather when you said to Mary Beard in a BBC interview that you are “Not the sort of feminist who says that trans “women” were not, in fact , women. Thereby nullifying your legacy . Sorry.

goddamn! Nigella Lawson is a goddess and she knows it the curves on her would never pull out of her

I've read the book and it was great. I do wish I could see the movie though.

Great book and film both.

Atwood's physics is wrong about oxygen. We have 2000 times as much oxygen as CO2. If you break the carbon cycle on plants (including marine algae) to not continue to harvest CO2 from the atmosphere, what you will get is an even more rapid accumulation of CO2. This _eventually_ has direct health effects on animals ("wheezing"). "In concentrations up to 1%, it will make some people feel drowsy and give the lungs a stuffy feeling. Concentrations of 7% to 10% may cause suffocation, even in the presence of sufficient oxygen, manifesting as dizziness, headache, visual and hearing dysfunction, and unconsciousness within a few minutes to an hour." I got a reasonable estimate from Google Gemini of 1.6 trillion barrels of petroleum burned in the history of the human exploitation of carbon for energy. This has increased atmospheric CO2 levels by about 140 ppm so far as we can reconstruct this, about 1 part in 7000. It would take another 70x as much to push CO2 up to 1% where we actually start to feel drowsy and begin to wheeze. That's another 98 trillion barrels of petroleum as yet unburned. That would have to include reserves we haven't discovered yet, discovered by methods of discovery we haven't even invented yet, invented by methods of invention we haven't yet invented. This is long after planet Earth's biosphere must reorganize itself to an entirely different thermal equilibrium due to the greenhouse effect. On established rates of evolutionary adaptation, so far as we can reconstruct these, a good starting bid would be 100 million years. By then we are probably well adapted to breathing an atmosphere containing 1% CO2, and maybe we could continue to push it up to 5% by burning another 400 trillion barrels, though where we would get all that carbon from, I have no idea.

Consider not only 3 sisters but that only Charlotte made it barely to middle age. If they had modern medicine and public health think of how many more masterworks would likely come from that set of siblings. Perhaps even brother Bramwell, if he could have laid off the booze, might have made a quartet of splendid writers.

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I tributed Brainstorm! 1975 in Forresten #3 Jippi comics in Oslo in 1997... Sandman parody "Drømmemakeren" written by Jens Kjartan Styve & Erik Falk

This is Yanis! In Love with the Truth and Logic...That's his fetish. His Brain can not compute if he doesn't say the Truth. Can not Work! Brilliant! ✊

I have been asking my students to read this novel for the last three years, and every time, it's a huge success. On a more personal level, every time I read the book again to prepare for the exams, I get goosebumps and walk down memory lane reviewing my own friendship stories at the same age... There was a Jewish Dutch boy I got really close to as a teen. His name was Tjerk-Jan. We were close for many years, but growing up and living in different countries, we eventually lost contact. I still miss him now nearly 40 years later ...

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There must be some great misunderstanding in humanity, I hope Science could verify that. For example, has there ever been such a thing as "electing someone" "to do something for you" ? Provided that most votes are from the poor and middle class. or has there ever been a government in all history that can fill the poor's needs? They build and build, leaving the poor out. While most people look on money as some kind of righteousness, rich people act on it like a profession. Maybe what the poor should do is to secure the spirit, the heart of Science alive so that, at least, they'll never be deceived ever again.

I got my three books of the Vintage classics just today and they’re extremely appealing and I am all excited to dive into the beautiful books I’ve acquired! Thank you Vintage for making such beautiful covers and providing great quality books at such an affordable prices!

Climate change has nothing to do with Pollution, infact pollution exacerbate the issue.

So can't wait.Tv so boring

How would one translate Fallout in this correlation? The german title was translated as Jahre wie diese ('years like these'). I guess 'Fallout' is not meant radioactivly!?

I can't wait! I think The Kingdom is one of the most satisfying books I have read, it hits every level, perfectly.

Looking forward to reading it. 😊

Margaret Atwood is one of my heroes. I adore her.

Congratulations

Back the courage of your convictions you burke! I used to own Crystal Palace y'know.

Oyyyyy

No number 4 without mark Darcy!it doesn't work!

cherry picking data is not really a scientific stem attitude imho

I love how they speek , Scottish people are great 👍

Bruce Gilley's Case for Colonialism deconstructs Elkin's book brick by brick to expose it for the cherry picked, resentment driven diatribe that it is.

Two world wars and gave it all away.

Some custard, full of metal shavings. Yummie! Somebody please explain why in a post-apocalyptic world the humble can opener, of which there are *several * in *every* house, suddenly becomes a thing nobody has? Why would anybody have a stash of tin cans full of food, without a bloody can opener? Also: the guy uses a spoon... why not just use that spoon to pierce the lid? Is he utterly incompetent? Did he write this before there was internet? When the apocalypse comes, hell be one of the first to get himself killed.

omg what book did she read about writing bestsellers PLSPLS

Great book, really enjoyed it. One thing I would love to know though is what is the carbon footprint of our pets. If we replaced our cats and dogs by rabbits and guinea pigs what difference would it make?

fav book of all time

Can we still feed 10 billion people without fertilizers, herbicides, insecticides that come from fossil fuels?

Such a great movie! I had no idea it was the same person that did notes of a scandal!

Best gift early year from Harari

That edition was censored btw

Thanks for the optimism but greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise despite all the sustainable wind and solar infrastructure that we've been building globally. I'll really feel optimistic when I see that we are no longer on the path to failure. Please read Catton's book Overshoot.

I found Hannah's case for optimism from our dire predicament quite strenuous and unconvincing, and she constructed a lot of straw men in the book in order to make her points. Her use of data in her book was selective to say the least. I also noted a number of inaccuracies (or at least significant divergencies from my own understanding of our predicament). She has also struggled to justify a lot of the positions she adopted in her own book. The section on de-growth was particularly ill informed, and the idea that renewables can replace fossil fuels, simply fanciful. I also struggled with her 'war' metaphor in the book, which I found bizarre. Her claim to absolute apolitical objectivity also, clearly indefensible. I don't concur with Hannah's definition of a 'doomer'. I regard myself as a doomer in that I think I have a realistic understanding of our predicament and tend not to seek solace in cognitive dissonance or denial. I try to be a grown up and face the grim reality of our predicament. That doesn't mean that I will ever give up hope in our ability to address some of the worst impacts of climate change - far from it - but I do push back against baseless optimism, which I regard as dangerous. Panic is an important human emotion as it can help us to conjure up the motivation and will to act on our worst fears. Buffering people from panic is unhelpful. In respect of the climate crisis, too much panic is not our problem, not enough panic is our problem. It's a shame, because I so want to encounter a positive narrative on the climate crisis in which I can believe. Hope is so difficult to come by, that I really willed Hannah to provide a convincing space for hope, but alas, I struggled to find it in her book. In order to make her somewhat plaintive case for optimism, Hannah found herself contorting and making use of accounting tricks and statistical sleight of hand. These strategies needed to be exposed. They are the same strategies used by climate deniers to such great effect. I think Bill Gates, and perhaps Elon Musk, had much more influence on this book than Hannah would ever admit. The book is a techno-optimist, neoliberal manifesto and highly ideological and, despite Hannah's assertions to the contrary, very political. She seems to be suggesting that there is a 'business as usual' route to addressing climate change and the book repeats the myth that 'we have the technology in place to solve this' - an assertion that, for me, has never stood up to scrutiny. I found it a troubling book.

‘’EV’’ are worse than useless cos they are causing Congo Destruction & Poisoning and causing/funding armed conflicts from Mining and Mined materials in Africa(DRC & CAR), also causing severe birth malformations in local communities from Mined Ore processing!. Also ‘’EV’’ are causing Ecocide in Bolivia & Chile from Lithium extraction that is disrupting the delicate salt balance that regional Ecosystems rely on. Also ‘’EV’’ amount to another Industrial revolution of Extractive Linear Growth Economics, and an Ewaste timebomb for many generations to come, also ‘’EV’’ are a massive distraction from the ACTUAL cause of the unfolding biosphere collapse which is Mass Global Deforestation(MGD) of 1/3 of the Earths(Ice free) Land Mass for the 70 Billion animals bred for eating every year, without which we could reforest 78% of agricultural land that would be enough of a Carbon Sink to sequester ALL current CO2 Emissions! 🌻🌎✊🏽

’At the end of the day the only number that matters is 404’’( David Attenborough at the Glasgow COP, industry PR exercise) he got the number wrong it is actually 420ppm, but his point is spot on. Scientists talk of average global temperatures & ‘’tipping points’’, but why David Attenborough point is so valid. Is because the last time the Earth had the current 420ppm of atmospheric CO2 the Seas were approx 78 feet higher so we are only at the beginning of what 420ppm will do. Also there is an approx 20-30 year time lag between increased atmospheric CO2 and the heating impacts of the Earth. So the apocalyptic climate events we are now witnessing are from atmospheric CO2 of 20-30 years ago, so average global temperature & tipping points are a reactive way of assessing climate change!. We HAVE to reduce atmospheric CO2 down to a climate stable level min of 300ppm and in the next 5 years or we’re fucked, game over. Even IF we make the 2 necessary transitions to draw down that amount of CO2, the 6th mass extinction will still continue for another 20-30 years cos of the time lag, so we will still witness the extinction of most life on Earth!. It’s much later than scientists are having us believe, and have always had us believe!. 🌻✊🏽🌎

Great Video, Great Channel 👍

Climate change is a hoax darling! Tge carbon that they want to reduce is us!

M&M is a strange book. I didn't think of anything after reading it, but after a while it grew on me. I realized that I cannot forget it )) It's the only fiction book I always come back to, re-reading some moments and finding new meanings. It deals with absolute darkness in such a simple and witty way, I still can't comprehend who he did it. Anyways, read it guys.

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Ordered. Looking forward to January 9, the launch date.

Stephen Grosz is by far and away the worst interviewer of Knausgaard, I have seen. If you weren't traumatised when you went to see him he would make sure you believed you had been at some point by the time you left. When Grosz says: 'there can be guilt from becoming a celebrity' and 'when we write there is aggression'...

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 🌍 *Hannah Ritchie stellt ihre Perspektive auf Klimawandel und Umweltprobleme vor* - Hannah Ritchie widerlegt häufige Missverständnisse über Umweltprobleme und hebt positive Entwicklungen hervor. - Sie betont, dass der Fortschritt im Klimawandel vorhanden ist, aber nicht schnell genug. - Der Glaube an verbreitete Irrtümer wie die höchste Luftverschmutzung in der Geschichte und ineffektive Lösungsansätze für Umweltprobleme wird korrigiert. 01:25 📈 *Verbesserungen in globalen Lebensstandards und historische Perspektiven* - Historischer Fortschritt in Bereichen wie Lebenserwartung, Bildung und Menschenrechte. - Trotz Verbesserungen bestehen immer noch Ungleichheiten und Herausforderungen. - Hannah Ritchie stellt dar, dass viele Probleme in einigen Ländern bereits gelöst wurden. 02:21 🌳 *Optimismus bezüglich der Lösbarkeit von Umweltproblemen* - Reduzierung der Luftverschmutzung in reichen Ländern und Halbierung der CO2-Emissionen in Großbritannien. - Die Welt produziert genug Nahrung für eine wachsende Bevölkerung und Entwaldung kann beendet werden. - Hannah Ritchie präsentiert in ihrem Buch Lösungsansätze für Umweltprobleme und betont die Wichtigkeit von Datenanalyse und Handlungsaufrufen.

Lovely; takes me back home.