Oct 27, 2021
Doomscrolling, actually a “thing”, is defined by Merriam Webster as “referring to the tendency to continue to surf or scroll through bad news, even though that news is saddening, disheartening, or depressing.” And MJ is over it. Moreover, she’s over the just-sharing bad news! Have an “Is It Just Me” idea? Thoughts on today’s conversation? Join us on Twitter or Instagram. And be sure to follow us on Apple podcasts, Spotify, etc to never miss an episode! Fresh pods drop every two weeks.
Show notes and links (if links don't appear in your media player, please see our website: isitjustme.libsyn.com ):
Last Ep (including Billionaires in Space convo)
UN Climate Change Conference - Glasgow 2021
Steven Pinker makes the case that the world is getting better
Human Progress: The “good old days” (scroll to “History of Progress”)
18 spectacularly wrong predictions made around the time of first Earth Day in 1970
Your Mobile Phone vs. Apollo 11's Guidance Computer
UPDATE: Beaming Clean Energy From Space (CalTech)