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Everything filed under sustainability sustainability Everything filed under animal welfare animal welfare Everything filed under AI alignment AI alignment Everything filed under energy energy Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under climate change climate change Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: For the first time in history it is possible to improve human wellbeing and reduce environmental impact at the same time. For the first time in history it ispossible to improve human wellbeing andreduce environmental impact at the sametime. Last stated 10 months ago 9 Dec 2025 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Humans have never been sustainable: earlier generations had a lower environmental impact and lives that were much worse. — tap to centre the map on it Humans have never been sustainable:earlier generations had a lowerenvironmental impact and lives thatwere much worse. Last stated 10 months ago 9 Dec 2025 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Improving how good the future turns out to be, given that humanity survives, is roughly as high a priority as preventing extinction. — tap to centre the map on it Improving how good the future turnsout to be, given that humanitysurvives, is roughly as high apriority as preventing extinction. Last stated a year ago 3 Aug 2025 WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Knowing that poverty and child mortality have actually fallen is what makes people think the future can improve. — tap to centre the map on it Knowing that poverty and childmortality have actually fallen iswhat makes people think the futurecan improve. Last stated 9 months ago 13 Jan 2026 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2026-01-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Solving problems like hunger, pollution and poverty requires deeper knowledge of both nature's laws and human behaviour — tap to centre the map on it Solving problems like hunger,pollution and poverty requiresdeeper knowledge of both nature'slaws and human behaviour Last stated 48 years ago 10 Dec 1978 HS Herbert A. Simon — holds since 1978-12-10 — tap for who they are Same subject: Happier people are less likely to go out and change the world, but being unhappy is very inefficient. — tap to centre the map on it Happier people are less likely to goout and change the world, but beingunhappy is very inefficient. Last stated 6 years ago 12 Mar 2021 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2021-03-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Our evolved nature rewards pessimism, but in much safer times we should work past it towards peace. — tap to centre the map on it Our evolved nature rewardspessimism, but in much safer timeswe should work past it towardspeace. Last stated 6 years ago 12 Mar 2021 NR Naval Ravikant — holds since 2021-03-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: The climate policy everyone has quietly assumed is that poorer countries stay poor, and that is the wrong answer. — tap to centre the map on it The climate policy everyone hasquietly assumed is that poorercountries stay poor, and that is thewrong answer. Last stated 3 years ago 11 Oct 2023 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2023-10-11 — tap for who they are BM Branko Milanovic — holds since 2017-11-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: The world's consumption problems can be solved if we choose to. — tap to centre the map on it The world's consumption problems canbe solved if we choose to. Last stated 19 years ago 2 Jan 2008 JD Jared Diamond — holds since 2008-01-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A finite world can support only a finite population, so population growth must eventually reach zero — tap to centre the map on it A finite world can support only afinite population, so populationgrowth must eventually reach zero Last stated 58 years ago 13 Dec 1968 GH Garrett Hardin — holds since 1968-12-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A primitive science of insect control has armed itself with modern weapons and turned them against the earth — tap to centre the map on it A primitive science of insectcontrol has armed itself with modernweapons and turned them against theearth RC Rachel Carson — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A romantic, low-yield farming system would need far more land and would produce more hunger, not less. — tap to centre the map on it A romantic, low-yield farming systemwould need far more land and wouldproduce more hunger, not less. Last stated 3 years ago 28 May 2023 GM George Monbiot — holds since 2023-05-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Beef and lamb are the most land-hungry and climate-damaging farm products there are. — tap to centre the map on it Beef and lamb are the mostland-hungry and climate-damagingfarm products there are. Last stated a year ago 12 May 2025 GM George Monbiot — holds since 2025-05-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Cheap clean energy has broken the old trade-off between raising living standards and cutting environmental harm. — tap to centre the map on it Cheap clean energy has broken theold trade-off between raising livingstandards and cutting environmentalharm. Last stated 10 months ago 9 Dec 2025 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2023-10-11 — tap for who they are HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2025-12-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Feeding humanity without wrecking the climate will take engineered food, and squeamishness about technology in food is the thing to get over. — tap to centre the map on it Feeding humanity without wreckingthe climate will take engineeredfood, and squeamishness abouttechnology in food is the thing toget over. Last stated 4 years ago 17 Jan 2023 MG Michael Grunwald — holds since 2023-01-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: The human cost of factory farming, to slaughterhouse workers and above all to the environment, is staggering — tap to centre the map on it The human cost of factory farming,to slaughterhouse workers and aboveall to the environment, isstaggering Last stated 17 years ago 27 Oct 2009 NP Natalie Portman — holds since 2009-10-27 — tap for who they are Same subject: Effective altruism's work on the far future is not a bait and switch hiding behind its work on global health; both halves are worth defending. — tap to centre the map on it Effective altruism's work on the farfuture is not a bait and switchhiding behind its work on globalhealth; both halves are worthdefending. Last stated 3 years ago 28 Nov 2023 SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2023-11-28 — tap for who they are Same subject: Factory farming of animals will be looked back on as a relic of a less-evolved age — tap to centre the map on it Factory farming of animals will belooked back on as a relic of aless-evolved age Last stated 17 years ago 27 Oct 2009 NP Natalie Portman — holds since 2009-10-27 — tap for who they are
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At the centre For the first time in history it is possible to improve human wellbeing and reduce environmental impact at the same time. Last stated 9 Dec 2025 · 10 months ago Holds Hannah Ritchie Read this korrent →