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📉 Fewer journalists killed. 💉 New skin cancer vaccine works better than expected. 🔟 10-fold efficiency in CO2 capture. 🐦 Study shows minimal impact of wind turbines on bird populations.
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🤳 Have screens made us stop experiencing?
What do you think when you see this picture?
It's from the New Year's celebration in Paris.
"We have forgotten to experience because we are so busy documenting," wrote one person on LinkedIn.
Many agreed. I did not.
A few years ago, my brother and I found old videos that Dad had filmed sometime in the late 1980s. Fascinated, we sat and watched hours of our childhood. Santa's entrance on Christmas, how we played in the snow, the dogs, and much more.
My grandfather passed away in the early 1990s when I had just become a teenager. I have some pictures, but no videos of him. Even though I continuously experienced without filming (there were no mobile phones then), I have only few strong memories of him. I don't remember his voice, or how he moved. I remember him, of course, but would so much like to remember more.
As my brother and I sat there watching Dad's films, we suddenly saw Grandma and Grandpa's big green Ford driving towards our house. They turned onto our road and parked in the driveway. The car door opened.
Now! Finally, we were going to see Grandpa! Maybe hear his voice?
Then Dad stopped filming.
In this week's musings by the angry optimist, I also tell of another memory, from Christmas in Italy.
Mathias Sundin
Mathias Sundin
The Angry Optimist
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📉 Lowest number of journalists killed in 20 years
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🔟 10-fold efficiency in CO2 capture
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