#affluence — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #affluence, aggregated by home.social.
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Many, especially Tech Bros™, like to imagine immortality for themselves.
https://philosophics.blog/2026/05/12/never-forever-not-ever/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social
As for me, I'm not interested. I wrote about why not.
#philosophy #longevity #health #mentalhealth #forever #finitude #affluence #blog #podcast #myths #universe #physics #metaphysics #vampires #connexion #immortality #metaphors #lakoff #death #writing #perception #life #Tithonus
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Many, especially Tech Bros™, like to imagine immortality for themselves.
https://philosophics.blog/2026/05/12/never-forever-not-ever/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social
As for me, I'm not interested. I wrote about why not.
#philosophy #longevity #health #mentalhealth #forever #finitude #affluence #blog #podcast #myths #universe #physics #metaphysics #vampires #connexion #immortality #metaphors #lakoff #death #writing #perception #life #Tithonus
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Many, especially Tech Bros™, like to imagine immortality for themselves.
https://philosophics.blog/2026/05/12/never-forever-not-ever/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social
As for me, I'm not interested. I wrote about why not.
#philosophy #longevity #health #mentalhealth #forever #finitude #affluence #blog #podcast #myths #universe #physics #metaphysics #vampires #connexion #immortality #metaphors #lakoff #death #writing #perception #life #Tithonus
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Many, especially Tech Bros™, like to imagine immortality for themselves.
https://philosophics.blog/2026/05/12/never-forever-not-ever/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social
As for me, I'm not interested. I wrote about why not.
#philosophy #longevity #health #mentalhealth #forever #finitude #affluence #blog #podcast #myths #universe #physics #metaphysics #vampires #connexion #immortality #metaphors #lakoff #death #writing #perception #life #Tithonus
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Many, especially Tech Bros™, like to imagine immortality for themselves.
https://philosophics.blog/2026/05/12/never-forever-not-ever/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social
As for me, I'm not interested. I wrote about why not.
#philosophy #longevity #health #mentalhealth #forever #finitude #affluence #blog #podcast #myths #universe #physics #metaphysics #vampires #connexion #immortality #metaphors #lakoff #death #writing #perception #life #Tithonus
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Girondins : Bordeaux bat un record historique en 4e division
© Iconsport Girondins : un record historique pour le match face aux Herbiers Alors que face à Montlouis,…
#Bordeaux #FR #France #Actu #News #Europe #EU #actu #Actualités #affluence #Atlantique #battre #billets #deja #Division #europe #Française #Girondins #Herbiers #historique #NouvelleAquitaine #pour #quatrième #réception #record #Républiquefrançaise #Stade #vendus #vont
https://www.europesays.com/fr/916923/ -
https://www.europesays.com/fr/916923/ Girondins : Bordeaux bat un record historique en 4e division #actu #Actualités #affluence #Atlantique #battre #billets #Bordeaux #deja #Division #EU #europe #FR #Française #France #Girondins #Herbiers #historique #News #NouvelleAquitaine #pour #quatrième #réception #record #RépubliqueFrançaise #Stade #vendus #vont
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Girondins : dernières infos avant Bordeaux-Les Herbiers, record d’affluence en vue
© Iconsport Direct : dernières infos des Girondins avant les Herbiers Le lien d’accès est disponible…
#Bordeaux #FR #France #Actu #News #Europe #EU #abonnés #actu #Actualité #Actualités #affluence #avant #décrypter #dernières #Emission #europe #Girondins #Herbiers #infos #mercredi #NouvelleAquitaine #pour #propose #record #Républiquefrançaise #reservee #spéciale #WebGirondins
https://www.europesays.com/fr/915427/ -
https://www.europesays.com/fr/915427/ Girondins : dernières infos avant Bordeaux-Les Herbiers, record d’affluence en vue #abonnés #actu #Actualité #Actualités #affluence #avant #Bordeaux #décrypter #dernières #Emission #EU #europe #FR #France #Girondins #Herbiers #infos #mercredi #News #NouvelleAquitaine #pour #propose #record #RépubliqueFrançaise #reservee #spéciale #WebGirondins
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Affluence record pour l’expo Hokusai : 147 000 visiteurs à Nantes
L’exposition du maître japonais Hokusai s’est achevée ce dimanche 7 septembre. Elle a enregistré une affluence record : en deux…
#Nantes #FR #France #Actu #News #Europe #EU #000 #147 #actu #Actualités #affluence #europe #expo #hokusai #paysdelaloire #record #Républiquefrançaise #visiteurs
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https://www.europesays.com/fr/384342/ Affluence record pour l’expo Hokusai : 147 000 visiteurs à Nantes #000 #147 #actu #Actualités #affluence #EU #europe #expo #FR #France #hokusai #Nantes #News #PaysDeLaLoire #record #RépubliqueFrançaise #visiteurs
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https://www.europesays.com/fr/?p=316134 l’exposition Hokusai victime de son succès #actu #Actualités #affluence #art #billet #chateau #ChâteauDesDucsDeBretagne #EU #europe #expo #Exposition #FR #France #hokusai #JAPON #LoireAtlantique #Nantes #News #œuvres #PaysDeLaLoire #peintre #peinture #Queue #RépubliqueFrançaise #succès #vague #visiteurs
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A quotation from Mignon McLaughlin
When you let money speak for you, it drowns out anything else you meant to say.
Mignon McLaughlin (1913-1983) American journalist and author
The Second Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 9 (1966)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/mclaughlin-mignon/78…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ostentation #affluence #communication #message #money #selfexpression #wealth
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A quotation from Mignon McLaughlin
When you let money speak for you, it drowns out anything else you meant to say.
Mignon McLaughlin (1913-1983) American journalist and author
The Second Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 9 (1966)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/mclaughlin-mignon/78…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ostentation #affluence #communication #message #money #selfexpression #wealth
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A quotation from Mignon McLaughlin
When you let money speak for you, it drowns out anything else you meant to say.
Mignon McLaughlin (1913-1983) American journalist and author
The Second Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 9 (1966)Sourcing, notes: wist.info/mclaughlin-mignon/78…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #ostentation #affluence #communication #message #money #selfexpression #wealth
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@rgegriff @GeePawHill Yes. Let's say that the myth has now been busted that extreme #affluence inevitably leads to #philanthropy. Perhaps this was a thorough forty year experiment to see whether "trickle-down theory" holds water. The results are in!
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I think the most difficult thing for me about getting older is coming to terms with all the things I am never going to be in the time that is left to me in this life, and letting go of all the things I've acquired that really no longer have a role in my life today or are likely to have any role in my life in the future, because they all represent a significant investment of the meager wealth I've earned in my life.
I often say that #minimalism is an #affectation of #affluence, because it's easy to own few things when you are secure in the knowledge that you can afford to buy anything you discover you need, if you don't already have it.
The main reason why poor people tend to hoard seemingly useless items is because the future is difficult to predict, save for insofar as when you are poor you can say with some certainty that you are not likely to be flush with liquidity at the moment a need arises in the future, and you know that most things are out of your financial reach. -
And to Russ Mitchell's point, if you're getting an #EV because it's a fancy new toy, perhaps reconsider your why, as #consumption and #affluence go hand in hand with the #ClimateEmergency.
But also, as I hear again and again from climate scientists, we must stop burning fossil fuels. The burning is our biggest problem.
Do EVs still get power from fossil fuel-run plants? Yup. But that will soon change.
There's no perfect #ClimateSolution. But a used or rented EV is a great place to start.
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Race/ethnic income inequality narrowed somewhat between 1959-2015 but remains stark with whites least likely to be poor; Asians most likely to be affluent; Black people and Native Americans much more likely to be poor and less likely to be affluent; Hispanics in between.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31885410
#NICHDImpact #Affluence #Income #Poverty #Education #Immigration #RaceDisparities #IncomeInequality
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CW: Elon Musk
Of course he wants an AI to produce an unending stream of senseless glib toxic lies. Fortunately only RWNJs, Russia and chaos agents will want this or fund this BS robot.
xAI: Elon Musk announces a new AI company | CNN Business
https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/12/tech/elon-musk-ai-company/index.html#elon #musk #ElonMusk #AI #xAI #sociopath #affluence #oligarch
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Curtailing #AffirmativeAction Is a Blow Against a Rising #Generation. The #gap between a more #diverse America and less diverse #elite #colleges will only grow. By Ronald Brownstein https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/06/scotus-affirmative-action-students-for-fair-admissions/674555/ #SCOTUS #HigherEducation #equity #education #diversity #affluence #status #legacy
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Because they're worth it. Literally.
"Two new scientific papers break down how the rich are destroying Earth"
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Habe mir angewöhnt, in Werbetexten dort, wo das Wort "individuell" steht, immer "egoistisch" zu lesen.
Nicht wirklich erstaunlich, dass das bei den allermeisten Texten nicht sinnverändernd wirkt. 🤷♀️ -
CW: NSFW: Philosophy
This next part is a cognitohazard that Philosophy Grads argue about, so don't worry about it: it's just a dude's opinion.
So fast forward like 2500 years, to the 1970s, where #PeterSinger, one of the major #ethics philosophers of our time, wrote an infamous paper called "#Famine, #Affluence, And #Morality" in which he proposed that it was wrong to partake in luxuries, or in general to spend money that you didn't need to spend, was LITERALLY EVIL, because you should be getting that money to charities like UNICEF to fight starvation in the third world. This, he argued, was choosing mild comforts over the lives of others, and that our society is fundamentally flawed for considering charity to be a nice thing when chooses to do and not a moral obligation.
There are a few problems with the notion, including the one we throw at #Bostron and his #EffectiveAltruism crime-cult, lack of Systemic awareness, but the underlying ideas are sound enough that it's a valid argument.
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This. "a growing body of work suggests that a “polluting elite” of those on the highest incomes globally are vastly outweighing the emissions of the poor."
Note that it is sufficient to have $100 000 annual income to be in the "global elite".. meaning there are plenty of people in Europe and Finland who are part of it without realising it...
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#ClimateChange #affluence #environment #Inequality -
Solar Power: Abundant or not?
So, yes, "as much raw incident sunlight falls on the Earth in 1 hour as all of humanity uses in 1 year."
Sounds like a lot. About a 7,000-times surplus.
But when you start doing the maths, it turns out that 1) the amount of usable sunlight is far, far lower (about 100 -- 200x present human energy usage) and 2) baked-in assumptions of human energy consumption growth based just on population growth and a modest levelling-up for the global poor chews up about 1/5 of that surplus.
More depressing truth/reality here:
https://joindiaspora.com/posts/f9899b600300013a2eb4002590d8e506
And no, the message isn't that renewables aren't realistic. It's that our expectations aren't.
#energy #solar #solarPower #DoTheMaths #population #affluence #renewables #limits #LimitsToGrowth
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"Current environmental impact mitigation neglects over-consumption from affluent citizens as a primary driver. The authors highlight the role of bottom-up movements to overcome structural economic growth imperatives spurring consumption by changing structures and culture."
Scientists’ warning on affluence
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-16941-y#economics #society #economy #consumption #consumerism #affluence #wealth #pollution #ecology #nature #environment #degrowth #sustainability #lifestyle #capitalism
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CW: NSFW: Philosophy
This next part is a cognitohazard that Philosophy Grads argue about, so don't worry about it: it's just a dude's opinion.
So fast forward like 2500 years, to the 1970s, where #PeterSinger, one of the major #ethics philosophers of our time, wrote an infamous paper called "#Famine, #Affluence, And #Morality" in which he proposed that it was wrong to partake in luxuries, or in general to spend money that you didn't need to spend, was LITERALLY EVIL, because you should be getting that money to charities like UNICEF to fight starvation in the third world. This, he argued, was choosing mild comforts over the lives of others, and that our society is fundamentally flawed for considering charity to be a nice thing when chooses to do and not a moral obligation.
There are a few problems with the notion, including the one we throw at #Bostron and his #EffectiveAltruism crime-cult, lack of Systemic awareness, but the underlying ideas are sound enough that it's a valid argument.
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CW: NSFW: Philosophy
This next part is a cognitohazard that Philosophy Grads argue about, so don't worry about it: it's just a dude's opinion.
So fast forward like 2500 years, to the 1970s, where #PeterSinger, one of the major #ethics philosophers of our time, wrote an infamous paper called "#Famine, #Affluence, And #Morality" in which he proposed that it was wrong to partake in luxuries, or in general to spend money that you didn't need to spend, was LITERALLY EVIL, because you should be getting that money to charities like UNICEF to fight starvation in the third world. This, he argued, was choosing mild comforts over the lives of others, and that our society is fundamentally flawed for considering charity to be a nice thing when chooses to do and not a moral obligation.
There are a few problems with the notion, including the one we throw at #Bostron and his #EffectiveAltruism crime-cult, lack of Systemic awareness, but the underlying ideas are sound enough that it's a valid argument.
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CW: NSFW: Philosophy
This next part is a cognitohazard that Philosophy Grads argue about, so don't worry about it: it's just a dude's opinion.
So fast forward like 2500 years, to the 1970s, where #PeterSinger, one of the major #ethics philosophers of our time, wrote an infamous paper called "#Famine, #Affluence, And #Morality" in which he proposed that it was wrong to partake in luxuries, or in general to spend money that you didn't need to spend, was LITERALLY EVIL, because you should be getting that money to charities like UNICEF to fight starvation in the third world. This, he argued, was choosing mild comforts over the lives of others, and that our society is fundamentally flawed for considering charity to be a nice thing when chooses to do and not a moral obligation.
There are a few problems with the notion, including the one we throw at #Bostron and his #EffectiveAltruism crime-cult, lack of Systemic awareness, but the underlying ideas are sound enough that it's a valid argument.
