It’s a buy your right to pollute scheme.

To my understanding, the overwhelmingly vast majority of carbon offsets and carbon credits are at best ineffective or at worst just scams. Consequently, they lead to more emissions and are used to delay the phasing out of fossil fuels.

I don’t think I understand why you say that the author is assuming 5% of GDP goes towards making guns, since they talk throughout the article about military expenditure and military spending, which are much broader terms.

Of course, it’s not normal for such high temperatures so early in the summer, or for them to occur more and more often. I’m not implying we are used to climate change, just that we are used to much hotter weather than other people.

I could say it depends on what one is used to. For example, yesterday the temperature here was 37°C, and the app was saying Real feel 40.6°C. We get 29°C only at night and it feels almost like a breeze. And the tough part of the summer isn’t here yet.

You’re right, so I just changed it. I got lazy when posting it and just used the suggested title as provided.

I suppose my understanding of this article is very different. For me, the author shares some thoughts on the topic of french slavery in movies and she presents us some new relevant ones.

So, I don’t see any wrongdoing on her behalf. On the contrary, I found this article to be informative and interesting.

I don’t think I understand what you mean. Who is obsessing over depicting people’s failures?

If you look into the article, when this is mentioned, there is a relevant link. I think it is worth taking a look at it, because it gives perspective on this topic. Actually, a few, not only one.

The countries with the biggest skews in favour of boys in sex ratios at birth have seen a reversion towards the natural rate.

In a handful of places, the overall birth statistics appear to reflect a preference for girls over boys.

But in most countries, any preference for girls expressed in polls is not strong enough to show in the overall sex ratio at birth. Most parents-to-be seem to balk at sex-selective abortions, in other words.

The assumption that daughters will be more nurturing whereas sons will grow distant is ingrained even in the most egalitarian societies.

Edit: I rewrote the comment, when I realised there are a few links in the article that clarify things

[…] boys will be aborted and neglected in favour of girls

It’s the first time I hear about this. Any relevant links you could share that corroborate this take?

This article is not really about mathematical talent. It mentions that stereotypes might be reproduced by attributing success in girls to diligence and in boys to talent, but it’s about mathematical ability.

At the start of the first school year (when children are five or six years old), there are no differences, on average, between boys and girls in mathematical ability. But after just four months, boys have pulled ahead. The gap widens throughout the year.

Maybe so, maybe no. It’s not predetermined.

It’s what we do now that will shape the future. I mean, we the people. We cannot rely on governments or corporations to do the right thing without us forcing them to. By now, we know this.

So, I believe that conversations about solutions are more fruitful than deterministic statements, no matter how highly upvoted these statements are.

I thought of adding this article too, because it looks like there are Some Hopeful News About the Future of the World’s Corals.

Much has been learned about heat-resistant corals in the last decade. Village by village and beach by beach, reef restoration is progressing.