The Most Important Question

Essay: Haggling Over The Future

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This week: Are car dealers the devil? And why?

Plus, the news:

  • 🇨🇳 Can we build a green economy without China?

  • 🦆 Bird flu, explained

  • 🇷🇺 Russia quits the Black Sea grain deal

  • 🤖 A.I. journalists

  • And more!

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      • News Roundup

      Health & Medicine

      • It’s time to get serious about bird flu

      • How long Covid is impacting the Global South

      • Family homelessness is on the rise, and the Federation of Scientists is crowdsourcing for national policies to increase housing supply. Submit your idea here.

      • Tornado damage to Pfizer plant will likely lead to long term shortages of medicine great great

        • Climate

        • Why the impacts of climate change are escalating so quickly

        • A new registry could make carbon removal more accessible, and more trustworthy, maybe?

        • China’s role in America’s green economy

        • What the warming planet means for the future of pathogens and diseases

          • Food & Water

          • Vegan (ahem, plant-based) diets result in 75% less emissions, water pollution, and land use 🤝 🫘👩‍🌾

          • Manufacturing silicon chips requires a shit ton of water 

          • Russia has quit its grain deal with Ukraine — originally made to avert a global food crisis — and will target commercial ships in the Black Sea

          • School lunches are now free in six states

            • Beep Boop

            • Bots are grabbing students personal data when they complete online assignments. We shouldn’t do this?

            • Google is testing a new A.I. tool that can write news articles

            • Secretaries of State are getting ready for AI-fueled disinformation during the 2024 campaign

            • Facebook messages could be used in a Nebraska abortion case

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