#dying planet

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Analyst Says Nuclear Industry Is ‘Totally Irrelevant’ in the Market for New Power Capacity

Nuclear power has consistently provided about 19% to 20% of total annual U.S. electricity generation since 1990. It provides significant amo

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Beyond the Hype: Assessing Hyperscaler Nuclear Commitments Against U.S. Energy Realities

The coming decade will require technology companies to decide how nuclear fits into their energy strategies—and grapple with the obligations

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I get older and the days get shorter.

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Progress and its discontents

The world has never been better. From global poverty to inequality between nations, all the indicators are showing progress. This is a comfo

New Optism in the end only prevented meaningful change. A Worldwide example of toxic Positivity, that led to the rise of Fasicsm...

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We can’t grow our way out of poverty

For more than half a century, economists and policymakers have focused fanatically on growth as the only feasible way to end global poverty

Growth for Growths sake is the ideology of cancer.

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New Optimism Ignores Our Potential for Catastrophe

New Optimists such as Steven Pinker emphasize the triumphs of modern civilization. But modernity has also created a grim left tail of potent

Part of why Neoliberal Democracies are blindsided by the rise of Fascism is the "New Optimism" Movement. Similar to "Effective Altruism" it is a tool to supress change and preserve the status quo.

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Tramtrack from above. on the Tracks are people. On the side of the tracks a person throws a ballot into a box. Text next to the tracks reads: " Voting only changes the color of the tramway" The red Tram driving on these reads Imperialism Capitalism Corruption.