Antara Haldar
advocates a radical rethink of development, explains what went right at the recent AI Safety Summit, highlights the economics discipline’s shortcomings, and more.
The prevailing narrative that frames Israel as a colonial power suppressing Palestinians’ struggle for statehood grossly oversimplifies a complicated conflict and inadvertently vindicates the region’s most oppressive regimes. Achieving a durable, lasting peace requires moving beyond such facile analogies.
rejects the facile moralism of those who view the ongoing war through the narrow lens of decolonization.
The far-right populist Geert Wilders’ election victory in the Netherlands reflects the same sentiment that powered Brexit and Donald Trump’s candidacy in 2016. But such outcomes could not happen without the cynicism displayed over the past few decades by traditional conservative parties.
shows what Geert Wilders has in common with other ultra-nationalist politicians, past and present.
坎布里奇—照目前的趋势，未来十年世界升温幅度可能超过1.5摄氏度，可以预期气候灾害将加剧，数百万人陷入饥荒，造成数万亿美元的损失，对这一问题责任最小的国家收到的伤害畸高。 更糟糕的是，全球生物多样性危机正在向我们袭来：生态系统遭到侵蚀，已处于崩溃边缘，物种灭绝正在以惊人的速度加快。在这方面，穷人受影响畸高。
为了以必须的速度和规模解决这一双重危机，国际社会必须改变做法。从历史上看，应对气候变化和生物多样性丧失的全球协议是分别谈判的，虽然这两个问题密切相关。此外，这一过程还受到结构性差异、权力失衡以及国家和商业利益优先于全球共同利益的破坏。
无论是人类社会还是支持它们的自然系统，都无法孤立地运转。复杂、动态的交互挑战需要基于 系统思维 和全面核算所有数据的解决方案。但相关数据集规模巨大且不断变化。我们不可能靠自己驾驭它们。我们需要一个副驾驶。
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