7. Weather extremes may be less extreme than you think – Debby Guha-Sapir
Mind the Shift29 Jul 2020

7. Weather extremes may be less extreme than you think – Debby Guha-Sapir

”This is like a bushfire. If there is one spark, this thing will catch fire”, says epidemiologist Debby Guha-Sapir about the fact that authorities stopped measles vaccinations due to covid-19. Debby founded the world’s best and most reliable database on natural disasters, EM-DAT, at the university of Louvain, Belgium. Dry numbers can be more contentious than you think: ”We get a lot of hate mails about the fact that our data doesn’t show that disasters are increasing. Nobody wants good news.”

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59. The (unintended) backlash of a gender revolution – Kajsa Ekis Ekman

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58. China’s model is not Africa’s – Nic Cheeseman

58. China’s model is not Africa’s – Nic Cheeseman

When we hear about rigged elections in Sub-Saharan Africa, many say: ”Well, what can you expect?” The underlying assumption is that it is sad but unavoidable that democratic flaws have to be tolerated...

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57. Daring to look through Galileo’s telescope – David Lorimer

57. Daring to look through Galileo’s telescope – David Lorimer

When the groundbreaking 17th century scientist Galileo Galilei looked through the telescope that he himself had constructed he saw Saturn’s rings and Jupiter’s moons. He understood that the planets we...

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56. The art of focus – Christina Bengtsson

56. The art of focus – Christina Bengtsson

Are we actually obsessing when we think we are focusing? Being able to focus is something much more profound than being able to peak perform, explains Christina Bengtsson. The definition of focus has ...

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55. Your future self is pulling you – Theresa Cheung

55. Your future self is pulling you – Theresa Cheung

Theresa Cheung is a successful and hardworking writer and communicator about all things spiritual. She emanates positive vibes as she seamlessly jumps from one aspect of the esoteric to the other in t...

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54. When science gets caught in its own trap – Using Occam’s razor on consciousness

54. When science gets caught in its own trap – Using Occam’s razor on consciousness

What is consciousness? Is it really more rational and straight-forward to see the world with materialist eyes than to acknowledge a nonphysical core and inherent meaning? If you follow the mainstream ...

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53. The other side of the gender story – Bettina Arndt

53. The other side of the gender story – Bettina Arndt

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52. The virtues and sins of the nation state – Tania Verge

52. The virtues and sins of the nation state – Tania Verge

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