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Astounding Time-Lapse Photography from Space
Interesting time-lapse photography from space depicting among other things the effect of man’s expansion on the land. http://world.time.com/timelapse/ After you see the canned time-lapse examples experiment with your own region of interest. Click “Explore the World” and type a location … Continue reading
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Tagged development, earth, environment, photography, time-lapse photography
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Schizophrenia Linked to Inequality
Add another social ill to the adverse effects of inequality. A new study documents a linkage between urban neighborhoods with high levels of deprivation, population density, and inequality with higher rates of schizophrenia. The researchers found the relationship held after taking into account … Continue reading
Posted in Health, Income Distribution, Inequality, Poverty
Tagged deprivation, environment, inequality, neighborhoods, schizophrenia
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Is U.S. Economic Growth Sustainable? Six Headwinds Suggests No
Economic progress. Most of us, I suspect, believe that in the long term our society will be blessed with continuing economic progress, albeit interrupted occasionally with business cycle recessions. This is what social scientists call an assumption. Unfortunately, sometimes our … Continue reading
Hmm, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Says the Exposures Presented by Hydraulic Fracturing are too Great to Ignore in Leaked Memo
“COLUMBUS, Ohio—A leaked memorandum from Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. that was posted on social media sites has forced the insurer to explain that it will not underwrite hydraulic fracturing exposures, as it is not comfortable with fracking-related risks. The memo, … Continue reading
Posted in Economy
Tagged cost-benefit, economy, environment, fracking, insurance, risk
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Scientists Conclude Earth Is Headed for Disaster
Here’s a title of an article from the Chronicle of Higher Education that should get your attention: Earth Is Headed for Disaster, Interdisciplinary Scientific Review Concludes By Paul Basken Here are the first couple paragraphs from the article: An interdisciplinary … Continue reading
Posted in Climate, Government, Health, Science
Tagged climate change, CO2, disaster, environment, extinction, species
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Better LIfe Index Provides a New Way to Evaluate Quality of Life
Recognizing the need to evaluate quality of life other than by GDP the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) developed a new “Better Life Index”, comprised of 11 separate components. Here’s how the U.S. ranks against all other OECD … Continue reading
Posted in Economy, Happiness, Health, Higher Education, Secondary Education
Tagged Better Life Index, Canada, civic engagement, community, education, environment, GDP, health, housing, income, jobs, life satisfaction, safety, U.S., work-life balance
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American Exceptionalism: Are We as Good as We Believe?
I believe a case can be made that Americans are experiencing cognitive dissonance in evaluating our country’s relative standing in the world. On the one hand we believe in American Exceptionalism but on the other hand there’s a lingering feeling … Continue reading