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Yesterday, for the purposes of provoking conversation, I posed the question of whether the earth would be better off without people. I, of course, don't believe this at all. But I do think dealing with the question causes interesting conversation.
In case you missed Al Gore's OpEd in yesterday's New York Times: Here is the good news: the bold steps that are needed to solve the climate crisis are exactly the same steps that ought to be taken in order to solve the economic crisis and the...