Peter GleickThis article perpetuates, with no evidence, the assumption a declining population is a "demographic crisis."
Implicit is the similar (false) assumption perpetual exponential economic growth is good.
Cecillus
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Born at 327.55 ppm CO2. Former #botanical #watercolorartist, language teacher, hell-bent on protecting our planet.
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@openculture amazing!!!
@petergleick when do they stop being peer countries?
@petergleick An ever-increasing population represents so many other kinds of crises that are so much more insurmountable: food crisis, water crisis, environmental crisis, housing crisis, health crisis, etc…
PaulaToThePeople 😷Capitalism, the way I define it, is a force that makes the rich richer and the poor poorer, with all the known consequences.
How do you define #capitalism?
@Sheril can’t say I’m on team hope any longer. I think we passed that point already. It doesn’t stop me from doing all I can to help, but with no illusion it will make a difference.
With https://conservative.capital and https://mastogelb.de the Fediverse has servers about #conservatism and #liberalism.
I wonder how much potential non-leftist instances have, so here is a #politics #poll:
Do you consider yourself...?
Please 
for sample size!
leftist
centrist or liberal
conservative or right-wing
apolitical
Poll ended at .
Tired: Ban accounts tracking private jets.
Inspired: Ban private jets.
Hired: Ban private jet owners.
Inspired: Ban private jets.
Hired: Ban private jet owners.
Sheril KirshenbaumIt’s wild that we can see images like this from NASA’s Webb Telescope - galaxies hundreds of millions of light years away, stars being born & dying - and yet carry on ravaging the planet as if it’s not miraculous that somehow, we’re here.
A tiny speck of sand in the vastness of the cosmos. #space
