Who would have won the Simon-Ehrlich bet over different decades?(ourworldindata.org)

61 points by sien 1 year ago | 55 comments

Extreme poverty: How far have we come, and how far do we still have to go?(ourworldindata.org)

33 points by bpierre 3 years ago | 49 comments

How Britain built some of the world’s safest roads(ourworldindata.org)

116 points by sien 1 year ago | 203 comments

China reduced sulphur dioxide emissions by more than two-thirds in past 15 years(ourworldindata.org)

58 points by therabbithole 1 year ago | 36 comments

Weather forecasts have become more accurate(ourworldindata.org)

332 points by sohkamyung 2 years ago | 178 comments

Our World in Data article by Hannah Ritchie on how weather forecasts have grown more accurate and the need to make them available globally.

US airlines transported passengers over two light-years since the last crash(ourworldindata.org)

72 points by sohkamyung 1 year ago | 82 comments

We are entering a period of overlapping crises(hamishcampbell.com)

60 points by speckx 11 days ago | 63 comments

Blog post by Hamish Campbell on the Open Media Network site arguing that climate breakdown, inequality, tech disruption, war and political instability form overlapping crises.

The upstream cause of the youth mental health crisis is the loss of community(afterbabel.com)

684 points by throwup238 2 years ago | 627 comments

An After Babel Substack essay by Seth Kaplan arguing that the loss of community is the upstream cause of the youth mental health crisis.

Do your own writing(alexhwoods.com)

690 points by karimf 7 months ago | 222 comments

Blog post by Alex Woods arguing against using LLMs to write documents and essays, since writing is a way to think and build trust.

There is no epidemic of loneliness, but there is an epidemic of scurvy(experimental-history.com)

59 points by luu 1 month ago | 31 comments

An Experimental History Substack essay by Adam Mastroianni arguing there is no loneliness epidemic but there is an epidemic of scurvy.

Why I'm still bearish on LLMs after Navier-Stokes(dank.systems)

426 points by jaykru 1 month ago | 552 comments

Personal blog essay by Jay Kruer arguing LLMs remain overhyped despite headline results like Navier-Stokes, citing poor generalization, reward hacking, and specification costs.

I'm Tired of Being on the Network(matduggan.com)

97 points by sagacity 1 month ago | 93 comments

A personal blog essay by Mat Duggan about growing weary of smartphones and the always-online, constantly connected life.