Michael Tobis, editor-in-chief of Planet3.0 and site cofounder, has always been interested in the interface between science and public policy. He holds a doctorate from the University of Wisconsin - Madison in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences where he developed a 3-D ocean model on a custom computing platform. He has been involved in sustainability conversations on the internet since 1992, has been a web software developer since 2000, and has been posting sustainability articles on the web since 2007.
Reducing the information deficit is necessary but not sufficient to change minds.
Late last night, while following a trail of clickable bait for my soul (in the long defeat of reason), I found this interesting history of what we all should keep in mind about who did what to whom and why.
1933: Adolph Hitler channels Germans’ discontent with economic conditions, international commitments, and ethnic minorities. He stokes nationalist fervor and racial resentments. He threatens to imprison opponents. Claiming he alone can make the country great again, Hitler becomes chancellor and then Führer.
I make no apologies for the quote, but note that it is only one item in a history that goes back to 1916.
Reducing the information deficit is necessary but not sufficient to change minds.
Late last night, while following a trail of clickable bait for my soul (in the long defeat of reason), I found this interesting history of what we all should keep in mind about who did what to whom and why.
100 Years of Oil Wars, Border Conflicts, and Ethnic Strife That Led to President-Elect Trump
I make no apologies for the quote, but note that it is only one item in a history that goes back to 1916.