And only 30 years after that, we’re surfing the interwebz, sailing down the data highway at the speed of light. I’m running out of metaphors to chain together…

Just seems ridiculous that the message is “everyone should give up their creature comforts and live as simply and tediously as possible so that billionaires don’t have to change”.

I never said that. On the contrary: All of it will have to change if life on this planet is supposed to remain livable, and it’s gonna involve quite a bit more than giving up red meat. I also think that having broad public support for that change, built on many individuals who choose to implement it, will make it easier to impose the same demands (e.g., through policy) on corporations and the wealthy. Given that billionaires are not exactly known for being selfless, waiting for them to do the right thing seems like a losing strategy to me.

I used “systemic” with regards to policy. I don’t think corporations change much by themselves without a strong monetary incentive (e.g., shifts in customer preferences) or external pressure (e.g., policy). Changes in individuals are helpful for both of these.

I agree that systemic change is important, too, but 6% of global emissions attributable to a single factor is HUGE. Plus, it’s not one or the other. Changes by individuals supports change at a systemic level.

People ITT comment like it was just feeding the kitten that caused the influx of marriage proposals, not the fact that this dude is one handsome MF.

I love how the third and second to last panel are the same, as if nature paused briefly before it decided to open another path.

Dude, for real. Half of what people call “efficiency” is just routine and winging stuff you know you don’t really need to prepare.

The two people in charge of the US government—Beavis and Butthead—sure are some queer fellas.

For some reason, I’m reading this in John Oliver’s voice.

“Quick, let me in, they’re right on my tail!”

I have a tuxedo cat, but his diet seems to be mainly based on my ankles.

Speak for yourself. I’m all in on this trend and have even begun taking nano-retirements for about 16h each day.

The objects uncovered by archeologists are sometimes remarkably well-preserved. A joyous event for every scientist!

For a regular person, maybe, but archeologists deal with dinosaur stuff all the time.

Ein paar, die auf die Beschreibung ganz gut passen:

• Rebecca Skloot: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
• Oliver Sacks: Der Mann, der seine Frau mit einem Hut verwechselte
• Eric Kandel: Auf der Suche nach dem Gedächtnis
• Atul Gawande: Being mortal

Ich habe jeweils nur die englische Version der Bücher gelesen, kann die Übersetzungen also nicht beurteilen.

I have one of these apps, and they really helped. I taped a QR code to my bathroom door and set the alarm to give me 1min to scan it, which is about the time I need to get up and zombie-walk over there. I thought I would eventually just cheat my way around it, but there really aren’t all that many QR codes laying around at my place, and force-killing the app is a bigger hassle than stopping the alarm the regular way. So it stuck, and I’m pretty happy with it.

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt and 30 Rock.

Mein Argument bezog sich aber auf die ehemalige Teilung Deutschlands, die sich hier in meinen Augen auch zeigt.

Wo sage ich denn, dass das neue Bundesländer sind? Es kann durchaus mehrere und regional verschiedene Gründe geben, warum in bestimmten Regionen weniger Großunternehmen ihren Sitz haben. Bevölkerungsdichte ist sicherlich einer, aber eben für manche Regionen nicht der Einzige.