If you burn a lump of coal, the greenhouse effect from the carbon dioxide released from burning that coal will, over its lifetime in the atmosphere, heat the Earth about 100,000 times more than the thermal energy released from burning that coal.
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One of the most controversial areas of *long term thinking* is a set of ideas known as Longtermism.
🧐It’s a curious set of ideas.
It’s attracted a lot of attention and wealthy backers, criticism and controversy.
But what is it? And what makes it different? 👇
One of the most controversial areas of *long term thinking* is a set of ideas known as Longtermism.
🧐It’s a curious set of ideas.
It’s attracted a lot of attention and wealthy backers, criticism and controversy.
But what is it? And what makes it different? 👇
A longtermist might even say it’s a *moral priority* of our time to improve the lives of these future possible people, even if that means our actions today cause harm to people alive in the here and now...
To better understand this branch of long-term thinking, I spoke to @rifish who is a senior BBC journalist and author of the book, The Long View. You can watch what he has to say on the topic here: youtu.be/SyPO-DrZtRE
@rifish talks on @wired_jp about the insights behind his new book "The Long View", about how we see time in modern society. Hopefully this article will be translated into more languages!
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In case you're curious about which interview @thegallerycomp is referring to, it is one with @DrStruthers (about time, its history, our perception of it and where time might go next 👀...)
👉You can watch it here: youtu.be/6ccwX0gA9ds
“We can measure sections of our lives by these watches, and sometimes find ourselves noticeably older when we are finished with them.” @DrStruthers on watchmaking. lithub.com/on-the-beauty-and…
🎧Recommended listen🎧
Really enjoyed this episode of @thegallerycomp on the role of distraction in creativity and explorations and perceptions of time (featuring @DrStruthers' book #HandsOfTime) 👇
Here's a little ⭐️preview⭐️ for you of the full interview with @DrStruthers about her wonderful new book, The Hands of Time: A watchmaker's history of time 👉 youtube.com/shorts/AbMvcEHLB…