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🏳️🌈 Many political setbacks are an illusion
Something is about to break, it is often claimed. But is that true? For decades, immigration has increased, without xenophobia increasing. The view of equality, homosexual rights, violence, and causes of crime has shifted sharply in the direction of human rights.
😟 Hey, kids – drop the climate anxiety
"A millennial couple recounting how they wrestled for a decade (!) with the “ethical quandary” of whether to bring “another human onto an already crowded planet.” (she wanted to raise a “climate ally,” he feared for the child’s future)," writes Ulrika G. Gerth
💕 Quantum physics and love
In the same way that we feel a bond with a person we love on the other side of the world, the capacity of one particle can affect another particle, regardless of distance.
🤝 Who inspires you to do good?
Why should we take for granted that evil is an obvious feature of the world? Why not at least dream of, and strive for, a better world?