Pluralistic: 13 Sep 2022 Survival of the Richest

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Survival of the Richest: Douglas Rushkoff on the eschatology of libertarian exit.
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Pluralistic: 26 Jul 2022

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"A Half-Built Garden": Ruthanna Emrys's stunning First Contact novel.
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Pluralistic: 05 Jul 2022

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"The Swerve": My Locus column on hope in the dark.
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Pluralistic: 24 May 2022

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HSBC: "Who cares if Miami is underwater?": Scenes from the "Moral Money Summit."
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Pluralistic: 26 Apr 2022

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Bottled water monopolist admits recycling is bullshit: "Personal responsibility" and "caveat emptor."
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Pluralistic: 25 Apr 2022

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Up Against It, an "essential," action-adventure sf tale of bureaucrats and colonizers: Laura J Mixon's fast-paced space-opera.
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Pluralistic: 18 Mar 2022

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The market for carbon credit lemons: Bad money drives out good.
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Pluralistic: 11 Mar 2022

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The SEC must not legitimize fake "carbon offsets": Net zero is not zero.
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Pluralistic: 13 Feb 2022

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Podcasting Part II of "The Internet Heist": Big Content wants to plug your A-Hole!
Comprehensive synthesis of the technological, ecological and political critique of blockchainism: It's all about the externalities.
Eating invasive species: How to structure an invasivorism that doesn't hunger for more invaders.
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Pluralistic: 09 Feb 2022

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Litigation finance pits greed against greed: There was a late-stage captialism that swallowed a fly…
Occupy the SEC on bank mergers: The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index considered harmful.
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