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Jordan Peterson offers so much more than political contention. He helps people. He helped me. He could help you. It is so strange to me that he receives constant hate for someone who truly cares about people and has tried his entire life to understand and help us.
Today, Denmark lifted all restrictions & COVID-19 is no longer deemed a "societal threat". I led the country's largest behavioral covid-project (@HopeProject_dk) & advised the Danish gov. Here are my thoughts on how DK got here, what can be learned & what lies ahead. 🧵 (1/14)
Not only does prosperity enable more people to care about the environment, but wealthy countries also have access to better and greener technology. humanprogress.org/seven-ways-in-…
For the same length of work required to buy one breakfast in 1919, a U.S. blue-collar worker could get 9.54 breakfasts in 2019. Read more: humanprogress.org/breakfast-boun…
We elected a child.
This is simply not how serious adults discuss anything of import.
If you were not yet convinced of the need for open-access academic journals: Publishing one article can be equivalent to half a year's pay for African scholars. nature.com/articles/d4158…
In 2016 a paper was published by 32 authors from 24 institutions in 8 countries that analyzed satellite data and concluded that there had been a roughly 14% increase in green vegetation over 30 years. Full article: humanprogress.org/ridley-rejoice…
If you reject a critical theorist's critique, you are resisting enlightenment and embracing your shallow life. The theory can only be absolutely confirmed or disconfirmed once utopia arrives. Critical Theory & Philosophy by David Ingram p 181,182 (1990)
And this is the problem with ceding on charter rights in the middle of an emergency. Charter rights aren’t a zero sum game. You don’t agree to give up one in order to regain another.
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A movement opposes science when it doesn't want assertions tested, challenges arithmetic when its claims don't add up, ridicules 'merit' when it wants to triumph by other means, seeks to censor when it fears discussion. Those who coddle such demands sow the seeds of our undoing.
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CBC was supposed to cover the Conservative Party fairly during the election. Instead, CBC was launching a failed lawsuit against the party. Today, CBC lost that lawsuit. They should apologize for launching it & reveal the legal bills they charged taxpayers. #DefundTheCBC
⚠️Half the world now believe that humanity will go extinct from climate change The reality? UN expects the average person by 2100 to earn 450% of today’s income. Climate will reduce that to 434%. Problem, not end-of-world Learn more in my new book: ow.ly/HUkU50A9v1o
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