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☆ Coups and Climate Change in the African Sahel - The New York Times
  + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( David Wallace-Wells | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +2 min
On the time scale of human civilization, this might still be true, particularly when it comes to interpersonal violence. But on the time scale of human memory, it isn’t true any longer, particularly when it comes to warfare. By some measures, it’s more conflict ridden than at any point since the end of World War II. Nonstate violence — conflict between nongovernmental armed groups, such as gangs — has more than tripled, according to Sweden’s Uppsala Conflict Data Program, since a low point in 2007. In 2011, when Pinker published “Better Angels,” there were nearly 40,000 deaths from warfare worldwide, Uppsala estimates.
Persons: Steven Pinker’s, ”, —, Pinker Organizations: International Institute for Strategic Studies, Survey Locations: London, Sahel, Uppsala
☆ Opinion | Behold the Free Speech Chutzpah of the Republican Party
  + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Thomas B. Edsall | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +5 min
One of the underlying issues in the free speech debate is the unequal distribution of power. Frymer suggested that ultimatelyWe can’t consider free speech without at least some understanding of power. We can’t assume in all contexts that the truth will ever come out; unregulated speech does not mean free speech. The framing in the current debate over free speech and the First Amendment, Post contends, is dangerously off-kilter. Post makes the case that there is “a widespread tendency to conceptualize the problem as one of free speech.
Persons: Steven Pinker, Biden, “, —, Paul Frymer, Frymer, I’m, Robert C, Post Organizations: Harvard, Freedom, University, Republicans, Washington Post, Trump, Yale Locations: “, Princeton
☆ Yes, you should have children, even in the face of climate change!
  + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Henry Blodget | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
A would-be parent asks whether it's selfish to have children today because the world's going to hell. "The Ethicist" (Kwame Anthony Appiah) provides a long, thoughtful response to this question that boils down to, "yes." And, therefore, it might be mean or selfish or irresponsible for would-be parents to bring children into the world. But more importantly, despite climate change, et al, the world actually isn't worse than it has ever been. So, yes, worried would-be parents, by all means have children.
Persons: —, Kwame Anthony Appiah, Kwame's, it's, Steven Pinker, we've, That's, maiming Organizations: Service, New York Times, Harvard University Locations: York
☆ Stop complaining, says billionaire investor Charlie Munger: 'Everybody's five times better off than they used to be'
  + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
Billionaire Charlie Munger thinks we should all be a lot happier. During that annual meeting, Munger complained that envy is a driving factor for too many people today. In 2019, Munger downplayed the effects of wealth and income inequality, and claimed that the politicians who were "screaming about it are idiots." At the Daily Journal's annual meeting this year, he added that most people's concerns over wealth inequality and criticisms of the extremely wealthy were "motivated" by envy. Sign up now: Get smarter about your money and career with our weekly newsletterDon't miss: Billionaire investor Charlie Munger: ‘The world is not driven by greed, it’s driven by envy’
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