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Planetary Progress
Planetary Progress
Dick has assembled an “attitude adjustment bookshelf” of optimistic information:
Dick has assembled an “attitude adjustment bookshelf” of optimistic information:
The glass is not only half full, it’s being filled at a record pace. However, the world will continue to get noisier and crises will be more urgent. As conditions improve at a record pace, there will be more complaining and distress, not less.
The glass is not only half full, it’s being filled at a record pace. However, the world will continue to get noisier and crises will be more urgent. As conditions improve at a record pace, there will be more complaining and distress, not less.
Dick’s friend Bob Glasser is spearheading a PLATO course exposing this situation, but worries it might not be popular. Our fellow members were extremely uncomfortable during our course on Steven Pinker’s earlier book, which recounts the horrors of past violence.
Dick’s friend Bob Glasser is spearheading a PLATO course exposing this situation, but worries it might not be popular. Our fellow members were extremely uncomfortable during our course on Steven Pinker’s earlier book, which recounts the horrors of past violence.
Yes, the news is awful, but this is the best time ever to be alive. If you get it wrong about whether the world is getting better or worse, you could miss an opportunity to participate in its transformation!
Yes, the news is awful, but this is the best time ever to be alive. If you get it wrong about whether the world is getting better or worse, you could miss an opportunity to participate in its transformation!
Lessons learned:
Lessons learned:
• Today we know a lot more about nonviolence
• Today we know a lot more about nonviolence
• All lives are valuable
• All lives are valuable
• There is ample reason to work for human progress
• There is ample reason to work for human progress
Politics
Politics
No matter which Democrat wins the presidency, we’ll get the rest of the candidates as a talented, dedicated, productive cabinet.
No matter which Democrat wins the presidency, we’ll get the rest of the candidates as a talented, dedicated, productive cabinet.
Robert Reich, who teaches at UC Berkeley, says today’s students are activists like no others.
Robert Reich, who teaches at UC Berkeley, says today’s students are activists like no others.
is a peer support and harm reduction program to help people experiencing psychedelics or other overwhelming situations.
is a peer support and harm reduction program to help people experiencing psychedelics or other overwhelming situations.
Every year, we attach a large number of wonderful comics to our newsletter, stretching the limits of fair use. In the process, we have fallen more and more in love with xkcd, so here’s a shout–out: xkcd.com! Thank you, Randall Munroe!
Every year, we attach a large number of wonderful comics to our newsletter, stretching the limits of fair use. In the process, we have fallen more and more in love with xkcd, so here’s a shout–out: xkcd.com! Thank you, Randall Munroe!
Escape Codes
Escape Codes
We can talk about Alexa without waking her by calling her "the A-word." She's always on.
We can talk about Alexa without waking her by calling her "the A-word." She's always on.
It's a Big One!
It's a Big One!
After 64 years of driving ordinary cars, Dick is thrilled to have a luxury car beyond his dreams. It’s a gorgeous six-year-old convertible with everything. Even six years ago, driver assistance was amazing. The motor sleeps at stoplights, it can park itself, and the car is full of Dick’s favorite stuff, which is software.
After 64 years of driving ordinary cars, Dick is thrilled to have a luxury car beyond his dreams. It’s a gorgeous six-year-old convertible with everything. Even six years ago, driver assistance was amazing. The motor sleeps at stoplights, it can park itself, and the car is full of Dick’s favorite stuff, which is software.
He’s defensive about the expense: it only cost a third of its original price, about as much as any new car.
He’s defensive about the expense: it only cost a third of its original price, about as much as any new car.
A big, expensive convertible with extra safety features is an "old man's car." It sure is! Dick’s ecstatic.
A big, expensive convertible with extra safety features is an "old man's car." It sure is! Dick’s ecstatic.
Next, he’s going to invent a convertible with gull–wing doors.
Next, he’s going to invent a convertible with gull–wing doors.
Dick is predicting that self–driving car makers will find it faster to fix the 100,000 worst traffic engineering problems in real life, rather than tweak the software.
Dick is predicting that self–driving car makers will find it faster to fix the 100,000 worst traffic engineering problems in real life, rather than tweak the software.
We are grateful for good health, leisure and friends, and hope you will have the same good luck!
We are grateful for good health, leisure and friends, and hope you will have the same good luck!
☮ ☯ Peace & Love! Best wishes for 2020!
☮ ☯ Peace & Love! Best wishes for 2020!
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