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This week: How to help Texas. Air pollution and infertility. A drastic life expectancy gap. A big test for higher education. And AI rethinks pesticides.

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This week: Your gas stove and water heater are hiding a dirty secret; where COVID goes from here; and all the good your poop can do.

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This week: The economic choices that have led us to a climate breaking point (and why the last year has prepared us to do something about it better than before, if we take action); what it will take to live a sustainable AND actually enjoyable retirement; using 5calls.org to call your rep about supporting equitable new climate legislation and putting your money in Betterment’s Socially Responsible Investing; why the vaccine rollout is going so slow, why it needs to go significantly faster to effectively stop the spread of COVID-19, and how you can help even if you can’t get the vaccine yet; and learning more about the connection between our brain and out gut microbiome.

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Synopsis: If we're going to defeat the systemic issues of today, we need to Overwhelm The System. Here's how.

Do Better Better essays help you build mental models and ask questions about our changing world — for yourself, your family, and your business.

These essays compliment the audio version of our weekly newsletter, and of course, our ground-breaking conversations with diverse, interdisciplinary humans working on the frontlines of the future.

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This week: Joe Biden has been president for about eight and a half days and the man’s not throwing away his shot when it comes to climate, environmental justice, COVID, or science in general; Santa’s packing EO’s and budget reconciliation; Biden’s seven-point COVID plan; we’re on the cusp of improved cancer treatments and diagnosis; and All We Can Save Circles are here and for you.

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Originally published to our community through our newsletter and blog, the Do Better Better essays are now available in audio for the first time. You’ll learn how to ask questions and think about our changing world, for yourself, your family, and your business.

These essays compliment the audio version of our weekly newsletter, and of course, our ground-breaking conversations with diverse, interdisciplinary humans working on the frontlines of the future.

We’re so grateful to have you as part of our community, working alongside us on the world’s biggest problems and opportunities.

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This week: Giving it all we got; 25 doses; Tobacco is the new tobacco;

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This week: Why’s COVID so bad in Los Angeles?; How the next few months will go; Go deeper on clean tech; IVF might get a lot more effective thanks to AI; All the way down the food chain;

Important, Not Important is produced by Crate Media

Originally published to our community through our newsletter and blog, the Do Better Better essays are now available in audio for the first time. You’ll learn how to ask questions and think about our changing world, for yourself, your family, and your business.

These essays compliment the audio version of our weekly newsletter, and of course, our ground-breaking conversations with diverse, interdisciplinary humans working on the frontlines of the future.

We’re so grateful to have you as part of our community, working alongside us on the world’s biggest problems and opportunities.

Two quick reminders:

Connect with us:

Important, Not Important is produced by Crate Media

This week: Context is everything; Back to your regularly scheduled pandemic; COVID has rightfully distracted a lot of science funding, but the train hasn’t stopped entirely; Beef: It’s what’s destroying the Amazon;

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