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A manifesto for pragmatic techno-optimism

A manifesto for pragmatic techno-optimism

Not all that is new is actually shiny, and not all that is shiny is worthwhile
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Urbanization through the eyes of seven often flawed books

Urbanization through the eyes of seven often flawed books

Seeing Like a State, Bowling Alone, Order Without Design, Going Solo, A Pattern Language, Arrival City and The Death and Life of Great…
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Michael Barnard
Americans keep misdiagnosing China and America

Americans keep misdiagnosing China and America

Why does America keep getting this so wrong?
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Space Blankets Explain Global Warming

Space Blankets Explain Global Warming

Plus a bonus boiling pot analogy
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Jordan B. Peterson is Best Understood Through His Adherents

Jordan B. Peterson is Best Understood Through His Adherents

Peterson has three fan bases, and two are mostly silent and harmless
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Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade has four implications for Canada

Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade has four implications for Canada

More US immigrants, better climate and other global results, Liberal’s winning and more medical tourists
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Nudge contains a useful and thin book struggling to escape a mass of ideology

Nudge contains a useful and thin book struggling to escape a mass of ideology

A core of intelligent and nuanced cognitive science is burdened by Libertarian blinders
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US urban planners cannot undo sprawl

US urban planners cannot undo sprawl

Four major global and US trends tie their hands
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The US culture war has a winning side

The US culture war has a winning side

Because one side is devoted to removing rights from Americans
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We are in the era of the nine stitches and the pounds of cure

We are in the era of the nine stitches and the pounds of cure

We neglected the stitch and the ounce, and now must both prevent and cure as our economy is destabilized
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Industries ranked on climate action, from best to worst

Industries ranked on climate action, from best to worst

Many are taking serious steps, some are putting up roadblocks
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