Ed Dowding

Month: January 2019

137 years of climate anomolies

This climate visualization shows the temperature anomalies by country from 1880 through 2017, based on data from NASA. Data source: NASA GISAnimation via Washington Post

Some books I’ve enjoyed

Rather frequently people on facebook ask for book recommendations. Here are some I’ve read in the last few years which I’ve enjoyed. Matter Iain M. BanksRevolution Emmanuel Macron The Breakers Omnibus: Books and Prequel NovellaThe Power Naomi AldermanAfter On: A Novel of Silicon Valley Rob ReidThe Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam Douglas MurrayAll These ...

Monarch butterfly numbers fell by 86% last year alone

Monarch butterflies, whose numbers have already declined an estimated 97 percent since the 1980s, fell 86% last year alone in California. You can help butterflies by: – Don’t buy GMO food – the leading cause of their decline. (This is mainly for the Americans – there’s not a lot of GMO in use elsewhere.) Don’t ...

The Shepard Tone Economy

The economy depends a lot on the concept of growth. Infinite growth on a finite planet isn’t going to work. This is why humanity’s been trying to decouple growth from resource consumption. So the million-dollar question is: Can we have an economy which grows infinitely, but does so without actually expanding and consuming all the world’s ...

Podcasts I subscribe to

Full interactive list: https://lists.pocketcasts.com/84893224-ab54-4c7f-95b1-85116e7b638f CONTEMPORARY, WITH ANALYSIS The Economist: A word with The Economist: Editor’s Picks The Economist Radio (All audio) FT World Weekly FT News in Focus FT Big Read Common Sense with Dan Carlin The CSIS Podcast Edgelands London School of Economics: Public lectures and events The Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy Podcast ...

The lessons from suffering

“From time to time in the years to come, I hope you will be treated unfairly, so that you will come to know the value of justice. I hope that you will suffer betrayal because that will teach you the importance of loyalty. Sorry to say, but I hope you will be lonely from time ...