🤒 Late because of angry virus
I'm sorry for sending this a couple of days late. I've been out because of a nasty virus.
Mathias Sundin
The Sick Optimist
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🌍 Stop saving the world
If the world needs saving, it means that it is falling apart. On the contrary, the world is getting better.
💡 Musings of The Angry Optimist: A motorcycle for the mind
Steve Jobs called the computer a bicycle for the mind. Then AI is a motorcycle.
💡 Fact-based optimistic news of the week
😲 A new force of nature? Yep, Fermilab scientists think so
If a fifth force is confirmed, it could be one of the most significant scientific breakthroughs in a century, since Einstein's relativity theories.
🧬 CRISPR-edited foods begin appearing on shelves
CRISPR foods could be part of the solution for world hunger. Through genetic editing, crops and animals can be made hardier, need fewer resources, last longer, and offer better nutrition.
🏭 U.S. makes billion-dollar investment in carbon capture technology
Two large-scale facilities in Texas and Louisiana set to remove millions of tons of CO2 from the atmosphere annually.
💰 Wealthier and more economically equal (how the world has evolved in the 21st century)
Globally, everyone has become wealthier, but the poor have become wealthier faster.
🎮 Violent video games don't make children aggressive
Parents and moralists can relax. Violent video and computer games do not make children aggressive, as demonstrated by three studies.
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