2 days agoStop California Wildfires with Emerging Technology & Ecological EngineeringINTRODUCTION What can be done to stop the holocausts that torch citizens, roast properties, annihilate wildlife and poison us with toxic ash? California wildfires are increasingly dangerous and insanely expensive; suffocating smoke kills thousands prematurely every year and the cost in 2018 after 7,948 wildfires scorched 1,975,086 acres was $148.5 billion. …California27 min read
Apr 21Poverty, Hindus & Orphans in BangladeshBangladesh has made amazing progress in the last 50 years, since the 1970’s when Henry Kissinger described it as a “bottomless basket” case, and George Harrison in Madison Square Garden sang, “Bangladesh, Bangladesh…looks like a mess, I’ve never seen such distress.” The Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta nation has enjoyed one of the…Bangladesh3 min read
Apr 201 Million Nepali Orphans — why so many & what can be done?Nepal is famed for its majestic Himalayas, Hindu & Buddhist temples, and 125 different exotic ethnic groups. Tourism is the largest industry in this spectacular roof-of-the-world country that’s ranked one the “Ten Bucket List Trips” by Forbes. …Nepal4 min read
Apr 203.5 million Ugandan orphans — how did this happen & what can be done?One out of every seven children in Uganda is an orphan, with many subsisting in the often wretched 600+ orphanages, where abuse and neglect is common. Why are so many children parentless in this fertile SubSaharan nation? What is the quality of their lives without mothers or fathers? …Orphans7 min read
Apr 5When is Pornography Unhealthy? Here’s the SciencePornography has been arousing humans for 4,000+ years (Chinese petroglyphs) but accessibility has blown up hugely ever since I was born (an event coinciding with Playboy magazine’s first issue, featuring Marilyn Monroe). Today, 12% of websites are porn, $3,075 a second is spent on porn, 25% of all search engine…Sex4 min read
Apr 5We Need an Algorithm for ReparationsMy curiosity kicked in fiercely two days ago when I googled a boiling political topic I’d never examined before: Reparations! Naively, I originally thought “reparations” meant only the claim by Black Americans that they’re owed money for centuries of slavery and prejudice, an opinion well-articulated by Ta-Nehisi Coates. …Reparations4 min read
Apr 5To support my anti-war ethics, should I move to Costa Rica?War War War War War I am a citizen of the USA, a nation that’s instigated 62 violent attempts at “regime change” in my lifetime. Killing people everywhere, in big and small numbers, in “fake-dangerous” countries that don’t really have WMDs, and in helpless little islands like Grenada, 1983. How…Peace4 min read
Mar 8I Dream of Gini Index 00.00by Hank Pellissier Many people wistfully dream of nuclear disarmament; others have blissful reveries about reduced carbon emissions, free education, affordable pharmaceuticals, or improved democracy. I dream of Gini Index 00.00. The Gini Index, aka Gini coefficient or Gini ratio, is a formula designed by Italian statistician Corrado Gini that…Gini Index4 min read
Feb 1325 Common Sense & Radical Ways to Help USA Small Farmersby Hank Pellissier American Farming is economically cruel and environmentally suicidal. Revolutionary change is needed now to produce food that’s healthy for the earth and human society. The ideal future for world agriculture is small, organic (and near-organic) farms, claims a 2013 United Nations report . The UN also determined…Farming11 min read
Jan 13Share the World — five steps to a fair societyby Hank Pellissier & Akanksha Pandey INTRODUCTION Poverty is a crippling social disease. Poor people get sick easier, die younger, receive less education, are more depressed, stressed, pessimistic, traumatized by crime, politically dis-empowered and socially victimized. Sharing wealth equitably is needed. A recent Oxfam study claims billionaires control enough money to…Wealth Inequality6 min read
