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"If AI is used for automation, it will replace workers; but if it is used to provide better information to workers, it will increase the demand for their services, & thus their earnings. Unfortunately, 3 formidable barriers are blocking us from this path."project-syndicate.org/onpoint/ai-and…

"trans people are framed as disrupting the precarious & hard-fought for women’s health landscape, with scarcity & possessiveness over limited time & resources at the fore. It is as though we are knocking at the door of menstruation, asking to be let in..." nature.com/articles/s4156…

"It is time to talk openly about this ever-present, yet hidden, topic ... in the hopes of breaking the silence ... Only by having an open conversation can we ensure that menstruation is no longer a barrier to safety, comfort or dignity for all." nature.com/articles/s4156…

"deep uncertainty & perceived abstractness of climate tipping points render them ineffective for triggering action & setting governance goals. The framing also promotes confusion b/w temperature-based policy benchmarks & properties of the climate system." nature.com/articles/s4155…

"American democracy has long promised four things: shared prosperity, a voice for the citizenry, expertise-driven governance, and effective public services. But US democracy – like democracy in other ... countries – has failed to fulfill these aspirations."project-syndicate.org/commentary/wha…

"Our null results suggest that subtle differences in climate change language are not a barrier to climate action, indicating that focusing on subtle terminology in climate messaging is not an effective use of resources." sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

"Tourism emissions are associated with .. distributional inequalities .. 20 highest-emitting countries contribute 3/4 of the global footprint. The disparity in per-capita tourism emissions b/w high- & low-income nations now exceeds two orders of magnitude."nature.com/articles/s4146…

"Ignoring SRM won’t make it disappear; instead, it creates opportunities for unaccountable actors to deepen inequities and amplify risks. By bringing SRM into the light, we enable it to be scrutinized ... and ultimately governed in the public interest..." sgdeliberation.org/the-risks-of-i…

"Zimm et al. replicate a number of ... practices of injustice and fail to recognize ... the history and breadth of ... climate justice scholarship ... the paradox of the paper ... is that it unwittingly contributes to the very problem it wants to address." nature.com/articles/s4155…

"My feeling is that ‘artificial intelligence’ is a public-relations name that obscures what’s really going on ... AI is a poor name. If it was called ‘extremely rapid computation’, ... then that would de-emphasize the magical portions of it." nature.com/articles/d4158…

"[T]he huge success of independent ... podcasts ... proves that in a massively oversaturated info-pinion landscape, having a few well-informed people who can ... provide some fairly sensible opinions can help reduce the feeling of perpetual overwhelm." ft.com/content/75a985…

David Spiegelhalter: "I often ask audiences when I give talks, “Would you want to know today when you will die?”, and only about one in 20 says they would. They always say they would like to make plans. Most of us just prefer not to know, even if we could."theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

"The idea that the country should be governed by bringing together all the so-called « reasonable » parties, from the center-left to the center-right ... is a dangerous illusion ... because this coalition ... looks ... like a coalition of the better-off." lemonde.fr/blog/piketty/2…

"It’s not clear where the line of “intentionality” in geoengineering lies ... If you stop doing something bad for the environment, but it has a warming effect on the climate, are you geoengineering? Or are you passing prudent environmental policy?" heatmap.news/climate/extrem…

"Then it was time to deliver the sentence ... 2 years for Plummer & 20 months for Holland ... Before Holland & Plummer were led away, they hugged. After the court had cleared out, only Holland’s parents were left in the public gallery. Holding one another."politico.eu/article/van-go…

"Text-based social media still favoured mainstream journalism, partly because ... the chronological feed rewarded news ... On TikTok and Instagram, the currency is charisma, energy and delivery: being first is less important than being hyper-engaging." ft.com/content/2262f8…

"François Jacob once called experiments “machines for making the future” ... when experiments are attempts at public persuasion. Innovators may try to claim ... they are merely running tests, but “experiments” have a habit of becoming the new normal." science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

David Spiegelhalter: "any numerical probability ... is not an objective property of the world, but a construction based on personal or collective judgements & (often doubtful) assumptions ... Probability, indeed, can only rarely be said to ‘exist’ at all." nature.com/articles/d4158…

"[T]he survey exposed broad disagreement on the foundational issues. What is aging? What causes it? When does it begin? What constitutes rejuvenation? ... Despite many researchers believing they understand aging, their understanding diverges considerably." academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/arti…

"Schekman notes that when the journal launched, it tried to avoid being given an impact factor. He thinks that the impending loss of the metric now leaves it in peril. “I wish that we had been allowed to evolve without the influence of that phony number.”" nature.com/articles/d4158…