Alternately Defiant, Dispirited, and Despondent. Without illusions but not disillusioned. Focus on Climate, Inequality and Development. I co-edit the Polycrisis project and newsletter https://thepolycrisis.org/
What will be left for us to work on? Insightful talk at by Arvind Narayan "Each one of us has to decide which camp we’re in, or where on this spectrum we’re in, because the practical consequences of believing in one versus the other are very, very different." www.normaltech.ai/p/what-will-...
red pill: what if i told you that Beijing *is* and has been a venture capitalist for decades. Someone tell the Economist about multi trillion dollar "Government Guidance Funds". China has radically rethought government venture capitalism. www.bu.edu/gdp/2025/04/...
The Role of Government Guidance Funds in Financing Innovation in China | Global Development Policy Centerwww.bu.eduAlbert Pintosometimes The Economist surprises you with the absence of its usual ideological blinders. The shock of China making high-end chips has done it... "The Chinese state’s investment in CXMT is delivering the state a vast financial windfall. But the chipmaker is only one of the govts many bets."