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My main account is here. I'm also using this one: solo@piefed.social, because I really like the feed feature.

Btw I'm a non-binary trans person [they/she/he].

  • Stellar, a very convincing vision of how we can move towards a Solar Punk world.

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  • I was wondering if anyone here has read it as well. And what your take is.

    Personally, I will not read it because:

    Meet the authors

    James Arbib is a technology investor and the founder of Tellus Mater, an independent philanthropic foundation dedicated to exploring the impacts of disruptive technology and its potential for solving some of the world’s most challenging problems.

    Tony Seba is a world-renowned thought leader, author, speaker, educator, investor and Silicon Valley entrepreneur.

    In relation to the content of the book, I wouldn't be too surprised if these two capitalists suggest misleading technological "solutions" to a problem that is not technological in nature, but systemic. Meaning, the problem is the eternal growth of the capitalist system on a finite planet, and there is no techno-fix for that. Also, I'm pretty sure they are making baseless claims about humans and human societies to back their proposals.

    Anyways, now that I said all that, may I suggest another reading? Totally free and priceless :)

    What is Solarpunk?

  • World's wealthiest 10% have contributed to two-thirds of global warming since 1990, study finds

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  • Let's not forget an important factor: within the span of 30 years.

    I spent too many hours yesterday trying to find the relevant info without taking this into consideration.

  • Two-thirds of global warming since 1990 caused by world’s ‘wealthiest 10%’

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  • I totally tried and then decided to ask here.

    The closest thing I managed to find was saying that 16.3% of adults worldwide have wealth of 100k to 1m, in 2023 [source: Global Wealth Report 2024 by UBS, see The global wealth pyramid at p23] but this is not what the article says.

    Somebody suggested the World Inequality Database but on this topic, the results come by country and/or stats.

  • Two-thirds of global warming since 1990 caused by world’s ‘wealthiest 10%’

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  • Thank you very much but it looks like they don't have what I am looking for. I followed several path in More Indicators and Other Indicators but everything that comes out is by country and/or percentages and at my most hopeful moment I got:

    This indicator has no data for this selection. Please select another one.

    Anyways, thanks again!

  • Two-thirds of global warming since 1990 caused by world’s ‘wealthiest 10%’

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  • I know that in the article they mentions €42,980 and I appreciate carbon brief. Still, I tried to find in the study itself how they calculated it, but somehow I didn't manage to. This is why I asked for another link.

  • Two-thirds of global warming since 1990 caused by world’s ‘wealthiest 10%’

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  • Do you have a decent link to corroborate that?

  • Two-thirds of global warming since 1990 caused by world’s ‘wealthiest 10%’

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  • Do you have any decent link that supports this?

    I didn't manage to spot in the study itself, how they calculate this number. If anyone has, please share this part.

  • World's wealthiest 10% have contributed to two-thirds of global warming since 1990, study finds

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  • I don't think so. I have the impression that the introduction part was talking in general, mainly because it says The amount varies by location and local wage trends, and then it talks about the US, specifically.

    Appart from that, in page 23 of the Global Wealth Report 2024 by UBS in The global weath pyramyd 2023 it also says saomething similar, that 16.3% of adults have wealth in USD of 100k to 1m.

    Did I get something wrong?

    Edit: At the bottom of the investopedia article, they have the sources and since they only have references about the US, I believe I can safely say that I my assumption that the intro was talking about the entire world was wrong.

  • World's wealthiest 10% have contributed to two-thirds of global warming since 1990, study finds

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  • World's wealthiest 10% have contributed to two-thirds of global warming since 1990, study finds

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  • The calculations in the site you linked is more of a creative accounting approach for feel good purposes. Nothing serious there imo.

  • World's wealthiest 10% have contributed to two-thirds of global warming since 1990, study finds

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  • Partially, I agree your conclusion, but I believe some clarifications could help on the math part, because minimum wage will never put you in the top 10% of world income.

    From investopedia 2024:

    How Much Income Puts You in the Top 1%, 5%, 10%?

    Individuals in the top 10% earn at least six figures annually. In some areas, those in the top 1% must make over $1 million per year, while in others, the threshold is lower.

  • Let's Bake Our Collective Cake!

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  • I understand and I appreciate your effort to start a discourse on topics that preoccupy so many people, me included.

    Still, I am quite confused by your take, because on one hand it is too vague. On the other hand it lacks any historicity or actual context (I understand this through your use of terms like: collective, democracy, capitalism, communism etc).

    So I would invite you to take a look at some resources you can find in this community's About section. Perhaps, anarchism and social ecology, would be great starting points, but there are plenty of links, so you can just choose where you would like to start from.

    Some more links you might find interesting come from the instance itself and are on the main page:

    And I totally hope you enjoy!

  • David Graeber & David Wengrow "The Dawn of Everything" critique: The Wisdom of Kandiaronk

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  • I also remember this segment in which he said that he found the book was better than the previous published articles (which were to be turned into a book), even tho his criticism was based on them, not the book itself.

    • The book can be downloaded here in several formats.
    • This is the audiobook, unfortunately it is read by an automated voice. If you find it read by a person (free, no subscription), please share.

  • The Myth of Plastic Recycling.

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  • The problem is

    The problem is capitalism with its embedded goal of growing profit. It took capitalists some time and a lot of propaganda to convince people to shift to single-use plastics instead of reusable containers (i.e. glass bottles for milk). It is not profitable for this economic wasteful system of production to change back, and it doesn't need to, because this system is backed by governments all over the world. So, the solution can only come from a systemic change.

  • Social spiders Stegodyphus dumicola don't believe in labels: study challenges long-held assumptions about animal personalities

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  • I think you are right. I just edited the title. Thanks for the input!

  • France’s Bardella confirms 2027 presidential bid if Le Pen is barred

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  • She is banned but there is an appeal in place. The court's decision on this appeal will be issued in 2026, so before the next french elections.

  • Rattlesnake venom evolves and adapts to specific prey, study finds | Surprising new evidence challenges longstanding ideas about evolution

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  • To my understanding, yes. They are talking specifically about rattlesnakes and their venom, and a possible paradigm shift in general.

    As it says in the article:

    Rather than developing more complex toxins for a wide variety of potential prey, as the researchers assumed, the rattlesnakes were instead producing simpler venoms containing fewer and more focused venoms.

    We expected that snakes in areas with more biodiversity would have more complex venoms because they’re eating more of that available diversity.

    We initially hypothesized that the larger islands would be associated with more complex venoms, however we found the opposite pattern.

    Edit: Several stuff to make things clearer

  • Digital Identities and the Future of Age Verification in Europe

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  • For more on this, I suppose we have to wait for part 3 of this three-part series articles

  • Spain scraps purchase of Israeli bullets after internal pressure

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  • Yes, you are right. In Oct 2023 they said they won't do military business with Israel. But in 2025:

    However, on April 17 as Spaniards geared up for the Easter holiday weekend, the government filed paperwork confirming the deal on the government tenders website. The purchase, worth 6.6 million euros ($7.53 million), includes the acquisition of more than 15 million 9-mm rounds from Israel's IMI Systems, owned by Elbit Systems (ESLT.TA), opens new tab and represented in Spain by Guardian LTD Israel.

    It's only only after pressure threats that the government decided to do as they had pledged in 2023:

    The decision drew a sharp rebuke on Wednesday from coalition partner Sumar, with one of the groups within Sumar, Izquierda Unida, threatening to withdraw from the minority coalition government.