New book: An Introduction to Ergodicity Economics
A new textbook by SFI External Professor Ole Peters and Alexander Adamou re-examines core assumptions in economic theory. It presents a formal challenge to expected-value thinking and shows how non-ergodicity can arise naturally in economic models.
DEUTSCHLAND'S ZUKUNFT: INDUSTRIMUSEUM
Map showing biodiversity loss in Africa
A unique study of biodiversity in sub-Saharan Africa, in Nature, shows that the region has lost 24% of its biodiversity, and that over 80% of the remaining wild plants and animals live outside protected areas, meaning we have to re-think conservation in Africa.
Fig: Nature
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RUSSIA DEMOLISHES UKRAINE'S ENERGY SUPPLY, BUT IN THE WEST WE DON'T NEED MISSILES WHEN WE HAVE AI
"OpenAI uses as much electricity as New York City and San Diego combined, or as much as the total electricity demand of Switzerland and Portugal combined."
A sub-field of science looks at whether the Atlantic ocean circulation #AMOC has weakened. Direct measurements suggest yes but only started in 2004. So people look at temperature and salinity data.
A new study finds a robust slowdown fingerprint at 1000–2000 m depth.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Each American pollutes the double of each Chinese
“Flooded homes lose value. Overheated cities become uninhabitable. Entire asset classes are degrading in real time, which translates to loss of value, business interruption, & market devaluation on a systemic level"- Günther Thallinger
@kmac & I dig insurance: www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ins...
Remember Jane Jacobs: 'Specialization is fatal'
PUBLIC - NOT PRIVATE - INVESTMENT MUST INCREASE
“Private investment that is dependent on profitability is five times larger (15% of GDP) than public investment (3%). Only when that ratio is reversed can we start to get economic growth aimed at social needs and deal with climate crisis" (M.Roberts)
Andersen uttaler: 'De ville aldri utelukke de store tech-selskapene basert på dagens retningslinjer og praksis'.
Men det burde de gjøre. Oljefondet er ikke alene om å droppe etikken. De store techselskapene gjør det selv.
futurism.com/google-quiet...
TO CONTINUE INVESTING IN THE MAGNIFICIENT SEVEN THE NORWEGIAN SOUVEREIGN WEALTH FUND RECENTLY HAD TO DROPP ETHICS
"The good news is that these policies are highly popular and can form the basis of a winning political platform. Democratic socialism is a viable path — indeed, the only path — to a safe and just future."
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/09/can-...
China is building a qualitatively different financial empire
May be it is well done - but how can I know when you publish behind paywalls. It is 2025 now and that should not happen!
“based on expert analysis by AccuWeather, the preliminary damage and economic loss estimate for Jamaica is $22 billion.”
The island’s GDP is under $20 Billion .
In a different possible world, US would bail out Jamaica with 20 billion dollars, not MAGA Argentina
www.accuweather.com/en/hurricane...
Global GHG emissions showing a flat line at about 15MtCO2eq, where countries submitted, with a slight decline in emissions to 2035. A rising line from 35 to 55MtCO2eq shows global emissions, and the commitments at the last round of NDCs leading to flattish emissions.
Where are we on climate action?
The bottom black line is countries that submitted new commitments (on time), the dotted line is global emissions. Blue shading are the commitments.
That is the progress 10 years after Paris...
unfccc.int/process-and-...
this is a very impressive analysis of some of the statistical "oddities" in Pielke Jr's analysis that normalized climate impacts are declining. Everyone should read this.
economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/10/26/r...
So for-profit AI companies have trained on the world's largest collaborative volunteer project and a precious free resource, to make money for their for-profit enterprises. They have crushed traffic to the volunteer project, starving it of donors and volunteers
www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Good news: carbon intensity has declined
Bad news: carbon emissions increased, due to the rapid rise in world GDP
Also bad news: the chance of staying below 2°C remained low, at 17%
Better news: chance of going above 3°C has gone down substantially, from 26% to 9%
Economics Nobel today goes to Mokyr, Aghion and Howitt for work on sustained economic growth.
The Nobel Committee in their 51 page assessment document mentions the word 'ENERGY' once.
We can be sure - even after today's prize economists do not understand economic growth.
Godt spørsmål, og tydelig svar. Uten ny naturpolitikk med #arealnøytralitet som prinsipp er det vanskelig å snu trenden.
Til sammenlikning har Sveits krav om arealnøytralitet, planvask og maks 20% hytter i hver kommune, og bygger ned minst i Europa. agendamagasin.no/debatt/hvorf...
Excellent reporting from at @inthesetimes.com that draws from some of my work. The labor movement still hasn’t got its head around the way the institutions of capitalism have changed between the 1930s and today. If the workplace needed democracy then, today pooled assets do as well.
Former staffers of Climate.gov are launching a new site: www.climate.us
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Grundwissen Klima: wir füllen die Atmosphäre mit CO2 wie eine Badewanne mit Wasser.
Das CO2 verbleibt dort sehr lange. Deshalb sind es vor allem die kumulierten CO2-Emissionen die das Ausmaß der Erderwärmung bestimmen.
The tragedy is that by the time these groomed elites reach positions of power in politics, media, or corporations, their compliance feels natural. They do not serve American interests because they are coerced; but because they cannot conceive of another way.
themindness.substack.com/p/elite-capt...
PONZI STAIN-WASHING
Israel is on an endless spree of escalation, a kind of Ponzi scheme of genocide, wherein a new conflict is constantly required to wash away the stain of the previous one.
This garbage should be retracted as fast as possible
shadowrunners.substack.com/p/a-criticis...
War abroad is the prelude to disaster at home.
When finance becomes the primary driver of any economy: when it becomes a better way to get rich than being a capitalist, they ruin societies.
Capitalists create great societies. Financiers destroy them.
