Et Populi
Anthropocene
The Anthropocene Epoch
The Anthropocene epoch: scientists declare dawn of human-influenced age
think about it
The Earth’s Sixth Mass Extinction Event
World on track to lose two-thirds of wild animals by 2020, major report warns
Living Planet Index shows vertebrate populations are set to decline by 67% on 1970 levels unless urgent action is taken to reduce humanity’s impact. The number of wild animals living on Earth is set to fall by two-thirds by 2020, according to a new report, part of a mass extinction that is destroying the natural world upon which humanity depends.
GOP De-evolution
“Honest Abe” — “Nixon the deceiver” — “post-truth Trump”
from Lincoln to Trump
How the Republican Party went from Lincoln to Trump
Vox (7:20)
Understanding how Hillary Clinton would govern
Understanding how Hillary Clinton would govern
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Authoritarianism
Authoritarianism: The political science that explains Trump
Vox (6:44)
idem alio modo
political dogma
political dogma: Prescribed doctrine proclaimed as unquestionably true by a particular group: the difficulty of resisting political dogma … it’s always other people who believe unquestioningly in dogma and who take a dogmatic approach to important issues.
Emperor Trump?
“Mirabile visu o tempora o mores!”