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My newsletter Creative Destruction explores frame-changing ideas to create a better world. These were the top posts of 2023 – according to likes + shares by my subscribers: 👇👇👇

@SirCesareBorgia @gaulicsmith How much does a nuclear plant cost and how long does it take on average to build one? Then compare it with solar 😄

@gaulicsmith All by choice. Virtually every country in Europe could have cheap energy from either nuclear plants or domestic coal/gas if they wanted to. And outside of your poor Balkans states an air conditioner is easily attainable by most Europeans.

Heat waves kill more people in Europe than the number of Americans who are killed by guns

@gaulicsmith ...the missing AC in Europe again shows how severe the impact of climate change is. Europe is the fastest warming continent rn. Historically, we didn't need cooling, cause we didn't get many heatwaves. Also building stock here is much older than in the US

@gaulicsmith Thanks for acknowledging the severe impacts of the climate crisis. Note, though, that this stat is for the WHO Europe Region, which comprises over 53 countries and around 1 billion inhabitants. Still, a major reason here is way less homes with AC in Europe

Why we need to heal ourselves to heal the planet creativedestruction.club/p/rehabilitati…

We are in dire need of new visions and new stories of the future! We need a story revolution, but all we get these days is futures that fit in. creativedestruction.club/p/unframing-th…

"We all notice when the poor get poorer: when there are more rough sleepers and food bank queues start to grow. But if the rich become richer, there is nothing much to see in public and, for most of us, daily life doesn't change. Or at least, not immediately." Ingrid Robeyns

This is what the paper concludes: "This reinforces our idea that the ubiquity of “virtual” species may be hindering the perception of rarity of these animals."

This is wild: According to a 2018 paper in PLOS Biology, the average French citizen, sees more than four ‘virtual’ lions every day, which means that in a year, she witnesses more lions than exist in the whole of West Africa. journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar…

So yeah, I am not sure what Hip Hop legend @iamwill does at Yahoo Finance talking about AI 😁, but I do very much agree with his comment here: instagram.com/reel/C2VuJK6u4…

Don’t see a surge of investment into that either... Again, it seems like we’re actually quite set on destroying natural intelligence or the ecosystems that could teach us valuable lessons. At least if we continue the current trajectory...

AI is capturing the spotlight with groundbreaking investments and buzz! 🚀 But why aren't we equally thrilled and devoted to enhancing HI, Human Intelligence? 🧠🎨 A Thread 🧵

Let's get started! ✊ *this thread was inspired by Don Hall's (Transition US) latest article, which I can highly recommend: resilience.org/stories/2024-0…

🛠️ Prove That "This" Works With projects in various categories, we need to prove that the regenerative story can put money and food on the table and lead to a happier, more resilient, communal and joyful life.

What are the most important things we can do to steer humanity towards a regenerative future? 📺 Make 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 🛠️ D𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐬 𝐪𝐮𝐨 🧵