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Catalin Zorzini
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Hey friends, I’m not posting often, nor doing hot takes, my reach on X is probably 5 people :) Please share this post and save the date for our Deep Listening Party on Monday Tune in for a magic sound journey to celebrate #EarthDay2024 #EarthDay 💚🌎🎧
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@localghost Yes but not nevessarily a good thing that a founder can just get away with anything. This “car” may look exciting for tech bros who like action movies, but it’s far from what we need in the world in terms of sustainable ev’s
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@harari_yuval Pick the side of humanity
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@EU_Commission what are the facts you're basing this on?!?
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@hubermanlab @Asiwind the real magic is to keep being an honest, ethical being even when you become rich and famous
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@GeorgeMonbiot “Man is not the enemy”, Thich Nhat Hanh has often reminded us. “Our enemy is hatred, anger, ignorance and fear.”
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@yanisvaroufakis “Our real enemy is not man; it's not another human being. Our real enemy is our ignorance, discrimination, fear, craving, and violence.” ~ Thich Nhat Hanh
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@fromTGA finally some good news!
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@ionebelarra peace before anything else!
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Catalin Zorzini
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Thich Nhat Hanh gave this speech after 9/11, urging us to embrace peace in the face of anger: "The real enemy of man is not man. It is ignorance, discrimination, fear, craving and violence." Learn from the elders. We are not the first to confront violence. #Israel #Ukraine
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The only commonsensical thing to ask for, regardless of our religion, color, political affiliation, or political agnosticism: #CeaseFire We need to use intelligence and brightness, not bombs and brutality. Designers, developers, indie hackers, startup people, AI enthusiasts,…
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This is not self-defense. This is not security. This is hatred, fear and greed creating yet another cycle of violence and trauma. Please may the seed of compassion be touched in all our hearts. Please may we all call for #CeasefireNOW
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@laplacesdust @lexfridman @hubermanlab The funniest part is thar New York magazine is different than The New Yorker
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Apple’s Mother Nature ad can be seen from a certain angle as a light-hearted, endearing – even if cringe – effort to show us that they indeed care about people, about forests, about the planet. It’s kind of an ethical status report for Gen Z.
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@elonmusk Dude complains about the dangers of AI but can’t stand being behind other AI bros so he creates his own model, with cynicism baked in. What could go wrong?
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@Shell @forestryls #greenwashing 🤑🤮 Everyone knows by now that you are one of the biggest threats for life on earth
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One of life's simple pleasures is working on side projects with friends! We have been working hard polishing - an AI librarian with an ethical foundation Thank you @rishi5565 and @Th_Calafatidis Pls show some 💙 #technology
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Theodore Calafatidis
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Special thanks to @LangChainAI , which has been the pillar of our application, from conception, to development, to tracking LLM behavior and evaluation. 🔥 Our latest app is live on Product Hunt! It has been a long more than a month of research and…
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Extremely happy to finally launch this interactive map with @earth_fm_live Find the quietest places in the world’s loudest cities 👇 How do you handle noise pollution? How do you find quiet? Let us know
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Soo happy it only took us a week from getting a domain name to launching on Product Hunt! Mother Nature needs our support 🙏🏼 It’s not going to come from Apple or any other major corporation. It starts with ourselves 🤗 Cultivate wisdom every morning 🔵…
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Who's tired of the Vision Pro hype? 🙋‍♂️ Check out the natural alternative: InnerVision . Pro Discover the power of natural beats! 800+ immersive nature recordings for everyone to enjoy, meditate, and gain focus from! Check us out on Product Hunt in the link below:
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Blown away by @LMSacasas 's essay on #generative AI. A fantastic, thought-provoking and grounded read. “When people’s imaginative energy is replaced by the drop-down menu ‘creativity’ of big tech platforms” they suffer a form of symbolic immiseration.
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@TIME can we have more ethicists on board please?
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Hands down is the most beautiful website I've seen this year! Check it out for inspiration, retro vibes, and great Framer resources. Respect @hckmstrrahul and @rohanchkrabrty 🫡
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Absolutely in love with the new Arc Browser from the @browsercompany
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May all beings be peaceful, happy, and light in their body and in their mind! #mettaverse
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Back in March, Microsoft laid off the entire AI ethics team! (source: ) But now they tweet that ethics is at the heart of their company. So all good, I guess?? #AGI #safety #ChatGPT
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Responsibility and ethics lie at the heart of our AI work, as we empower this burgeoning technology while also protecting consumer data and ensuring safe integration.
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I wish we all internalise these healing wise words from @andreagibson :
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Aaand we're live! 🎉 Follow @ethical_net for ethical alternatives to tech products. Check out - the ethical AI chat tool - and support us on Product Hunt if you like ethical tech. Many thanks
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ethical.net
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Hey friends, we're live on Product Hunt today: aiPDF is your ethical AI assistant, personal librarian, and tech guru all in one :) Thank you for your feedback and support!
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When asked what is the best thing we can do to care for our planet, Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh said: “What we most need to do is to hear within us the sounds of the Earth crying.” To hear within us the sounds of the Earth crying! That is HARD!
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@MiddleEastEye So terribly sad
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And, from a purely statistical point of view, Apple is indeed doing more for corporate sustainability than most other companies, which is great because the others are likely to try their best to catch up with the leader of the sector.
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I've been using ChatGPT daily for months, but it's the first time I've thought of asking if it would be a good AGI overlord 👑 It's also the first time I got this "network error" and all text became red! I won't lie; it did bring up chills 😱 Coincidence or synchronicity?
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@AmiDar Thank you brother! So fee people talk about peace. Why?
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Apple went so far as to create a new green symbol for carbon-neutral products, launched their first one (an Apple watch), and developed a flagship green landing page, packed with different types of sustainable initiatives and the occasional green news.
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Thank you for your dedication and perseverance @GeorgeMonbiot , it's greatly appreciated and inspiring 🌿🌎
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George Monbiot
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Today we launch our very exciting campaign for a massive global programme to draw down carbon from the air through ecological restoration. @dpcarrington explains it here:
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@MaxCRoser The limitation of GDP is of course that it doesn’t factor in inequality: “the rich” becoming richer and “the poor” becoming poorer may still look nice on a visualisation that only measures the overall GDP😕
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Catalin Zorzini
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Thanks again @ProductHunt and @CaseyNewton for choosing @PlumVillageApp as the best health and wellness product at #GoldenKittyAwards2020 And what a surreal and hilarious delivery! 🏆😹👇
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@dh7net please, please let's become more attuned to the Real Reality around us, it's soo complex and beautiful and miraculous!
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@xriskology I don’t think he actually believes that, he is mostly good a hyping something regardless if it’s achievable or not
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"Fearlessness is not only possible, it is the ultimate joy. When you touch non-fear you are free." Essential reading from Thich Nhat Hanh's book Fear Artwork by Mayumi Oda
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In 1996, Kurt Vonnegut explained why AGI will not save us, and it’s not what you think! He told his wife he's going out to buy an envelope: "Oh, she says, well, you're not a poor man. You know, why don't you go online and buy a hundred envelopes and put them in the closet?“…
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Here are the "Love Letters to the Earth" that Thich Nhat Hanh wrote, and many other contemplations that can support us to develop the insight of interbeing with Moter Nature:
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May we all remember this supreme insight from @andreagibson in every day of 2024 and beyond: Bookmark and tattoo this wellness check 💙 #NewYearGoals #Resolution
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Well done @emorwee for exposing and deconstructing a great example of premeditated misinformation campaign against @AOC , orchestrated by a far right group, and executed in partnership with Donald Trump and his circle.
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Emily Atkin
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So, a pro-Trump PAC hired a woman to pretend she wanted to eat babies, planted her in an @AOC town hall, & didnt admit it until 9 minutes after Tucker Carlson and Donald Trump told millions of people she might be a real climate activist? Cool cool cool
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When my mind is busy thinking about starting a new side project, I usually experience some version of The Bell Curve of Excitement: phase 1 | Spark 💡 "Hmmm... that's not such a bad idea actually! Too bad I already have a day job!" phase 2 | Buildup 🔥 "Ah yeah, there must be…
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@RCarhartHarris here's one take on this:
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I’m supporting @EC_Magazine #dairyboycott in response to the 2018 #badgercull – join me and take the pledge #dairyboycott
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By reminding ourselves of this sobering fact, we might see the Mother Nature clip in a different light: Apple is very carefully navigating the tension between infinite corporate growth (the current extractivist economy) and the rapidly evolving customer concerns about the climate
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@MerlinSheldrake We need more spores in our life!
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Catalin Zorzini
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With their carefully curated brand image and the bright new green coat of paint, we might be forgiven for believing that Apple is genuinely a company that’s doing its best for the Earth. And we do have to believe it, too, in order to rationalize constantly upgrading our gadgets.
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@ThierryAaron @LauraLoHorn @PHellermann @CharlieJGardner @FrontEducation Consciously or not, most of us are more or less in a state of shock and denial :(
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Catalin Zorzini
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Even the most informed and well-meaning of us often need to perform exquisite mental gymnastics to dissociate and turn a blind eye to the daily wave of “climate doom” to continue our ingrained consumption habits. I know I do that a few times a day.
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Catalin Zorzini
5 years
A lovely magazine, talking about two extremely important topics: big data and activism. Gorgeous design as usual!
@marketcafemag
Market Cafe Mag - Dataviz magazine
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ISSUE 5 ON SALE NOW! We are super happy to announce that the new issue of @marketcafemag is out now! Theme is "Activism in #dataviz " featuring @JamesCarruthers @beyond_wrds @puddingviz @ed_hawkins @SonjaKuijpers Leslie Robers @madefromdata . Get yours 👉
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@lexfridman @hubermanlab But integrity matters. More than ever!
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Catalin Zorzini
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by virtue signaling about sustainability, while still releasing new, non-upgradable versions of their massive list of products multiple times per year. I am sure this is not how Mother Nature wants us to “live with the seasons”.
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@VinceFHorn The enemy is not man!
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@BrianRoemmele @thisisprincely Sounds like “influencer marketing”..
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Catalin Zorzini
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The bigger picture though is that Apple is a multi-trillion dollar company (the most “successful” in history), whose main reason for existing is literally to make more money for its shareholders while, of course, keeping its customers happy.
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Imagining Mother Nature as a slightly grumpy, hard-to-please kind of inspector would be funny, if the reality would be less dramatic.
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@timsoulo @semrush @ahrefs @backlinko Tim can you address the credits issue? I’m sure it’s great for business but you make it extremely difficult for customers.
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@yessfun @patagonia What a Moving piece!
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Catalin Zorzini
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One of my favourite things about working on •The Way Out is In• podcast is learning about the personal practice of the monastics from Plum Village 💫 Tune in to this episode with Sister Lang Nghiem for lots of nuggets about *How Our Mind Works* 🧠👇
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@evantthompson Wonderful work!!
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@BP_plc Lots of green keywords, to cover up your dirty oil business. #greenwashing as usual
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Catalin Zorzini
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Plum Village: Free mindfulness app w/ Zen Buddhist meditations + teachings via @naval
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@peterxing @elonmusk @gdb @neuralink @RoySherfan Ah between what Elon says and what he really thinks there is a bit of space
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@alexcavazossh @levelsio My friend, that is an invasion, not a geopolitical cinflict where both sides are suffering innocent human lives …
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Catalin Zorzini
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Very proud of this: grants for aspiring field recordists from the Global South 🌳🎧
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earth.fm ✨
1 year
The team at is very happy to have put this initiative together. We will provide material support and mentoring. Read everything in the link below and don't hesitate getting in touch with us! 💚🌍 #grants
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Catalin Zorzini
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More updates for our little side-project @aiPDFai ✦ we've processed more than 5,000 documents ✦ 2,500+ active users on aipdf . ai ✦ lots of things learned from early adopters ✦ joined the @1PercentFTP family ✦ more exciting partnerships coming soon 🎉
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Catalin Zorzini
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Thinking that Apple's cardboard packaging & carbon credits absolve us from radically changing our entire way of living, is fooling ourselves, and missing the fantastic opportunity to have a real impact in changing the direction of our society, which is currently choking the Earth
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@ftlive Bob has good teeth
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It can make us deeply anxious, even depressed. It can make us run into despair. But Thich Nhat Hanh has also inspired a new generation of activists how to practice with this eco-anxiety and despair. The brilliant environmental activist Joanna Macy wrote extensively on the topic
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This is a happy moment! “We will rigorously study the science of mindfulness, but we will also seek to share the benefits of mindfulness with all people around the world, just like Thich Nhat Hanh did” #mindfullness #Harvard #thichnhathanh
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@yuvalsteuer People are not AI assistants to be talked about like that…
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If we listen to the masters, the antidote is actually to recognize that the ecological breakdown is real and it’s already happening, and at the same time, to create space for touching the wonder of being alive, of being part of an intricate web of life, and to enjoy every moment.
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This week in web design – Mistakes that make your site look unprofessional, secrets behind famous logos and much… http://t.co/tab1bvtNdq
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This is the logo of the city of Bordeaux (France), its “coat of arms”. Bordeaux is a melting pot of creative talent, but I find this city symbol a bit unfortunate. It reminds me of a radioactive waste symbol or something scary like that 😅 What does it symbolise for you?
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@RCarhartHarris That's a fantastic idea Robin! Please check your DM for an offer to collaborate on this
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Catalin Zorzini
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Must-see short doc from The Guardian, sharing some of the deep questions, insights, and fears of Ilya Sutskever, the leading AI scientist behind ChatGPT, touching on: - nature - AGI - alignment - tech optimism - doom! * I really hope he's wrong at 10:20 #technology #ethics
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Catalin Zorzini
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We have now published 900! YT videos with Thich Nhat Hanh's teachings but we're still only scratching the surface of what he shared with the world. Always fresh, always applicable, always healing! Thank you, Thay!
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This brilliant person seems to say he's happy to continue developing high-level AI just because they can, even though the chances are extremely high for it to go catastrophically wrong. Very similar vibes with Sam Altman. Chilling!
@liron
Liron Shapira
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Dario Amodei's P(doom) is 10–25%. CEO and Co-Founder of @AnthropicAI .
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Catalin Zorzini
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for my crypto frens: our fundraiser is currently matching $1 donations with $280 from the GitCoin matching pool! So when you donate $1 we receive $280 😳 Click to support us restore our natural world ⤵️ #NFTCommunity #NFTdrop
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This joy and gratitude towards Mother Nature, if practiced regularly, will help us not to succumb to despair, nor to ignorance, and instead to do more to protect what we can, to be more honest regarding our consumption patterns, and to tread more lightly on our precious earth.
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Turns out the antidote to despair is not to pretend that things are not so bad after all and that we can still consume as before, as long as the products we’re getting are part of the new “green economy”, from companies that pursue “green growth”.
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@cameronjbuckner @raphaelmilliere That sounds enlightening! When can we expect it to be available?
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One of the deepest insights we can ever aspire to develop! Would you agree?
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Thich Nhat Hanh
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Our real enemy is not man; it's not another human being. Our real enemy is our ignorance, discrimination, fear, craving, and violence.
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