I feel like if any of these people had to face actual religious persecution, like being assaulted because of their beliefs or having their churches firebombed, they would drop dead in shock that such a thing is even possible because they’ve convinced themselves that greetings from supermarket checkers and the color of…

“Why should Christmas be our enemy? We should not go to war with Christmas, in fact, I think Santa Claus and I would be good friends.”

Right, we can’t control that. But we can control what we’re personally responsible for. Also with that, don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.

We’re talking about climate change here, so CO2 - not CO, particulates and NOx. C’mon man.  They could have focused on improving vehicle fuel economy or accelerating development of alternative fuel or battery powered vehicles.  They did not.

No one, until BP knocks at their door with suitcases full of money.

Shitty scientists, and assholes.

the automakers would literally not do a single thing if regulation didnt force their hand. They have only innovated because they were forced to. They, and all extraction based industries will be happy to watch the world and hteir kids/grandkids live in a climate ravaged world so they can make some extra cash now. 

It’s important to note that the very limited slice of scientists who chose to dissent from the scientific consensus did so because of narrow interpretations of absolute proof coupled with outright greed. They found a ready audience of industry willing to amplify beyond any conceivable level, where the voice of 0.1%…

It’s nice to see someone making a living doing absolutely nothing. What has she ever predicted that came to be? “Quantitative Futurist”... fancy talk for “Astrologer”

Yup. “Futurists” are just glorified fortune tellers. They use data as best they can, but most of what they do is just guessing.

I mean, talk about damning with faint praise...

Best and the brightest indeed.

I work with an engineer who grew up in a refugee camp in Africa (Ethiopia I think). He’s one of the smartest people I’ve met, and his brother runs a hospital or something. We should be trying to get as many people like him as possible into this country.

Given they kept Robert Mugabe in power for 30 years, I bet Zimbabwe would jump at the chance to replace him with an orange hued alternative.

This coming from the country where people are doing a “challenge” that involves getting out of their moving car and running next to it, threatening the lives of other people and their own life.

The notion of someone like Jesse Watters agreeing that only the best and brightest should be accepted into America is just a bit rich. Jesse Watters could be on fire in a room that only otherwise has a burnt-out lightbulb in it, and he still wouldn’t be anywhere close to being the best nor brightest in that room.

I’ve worked with people from Zimbabwe. I probably DO want their uncles here. Seriously, asshole, most of the Africans that come to this country work their everloving asses off, go to church, get educated, and raise great kids. 

I would trade Zimbabwe the Donald, Don Jr., Eric, Ivanka, Jared, Pence, Mnuchin, and Jeff Sessions for some guys uncle.

I read through this entire article looking for something that wasn’t nebulously defined or name dropping, but I couldn’t find anything. I’m not sure what these forecasts are based on or how accurate they are. Why would a company like Microsoft need a consultant futurist? They have a legion of scientists and engineers…

I wonder how accurate her forecasts are. I’ve participated in several forecast exercises over the years, and did some research into how effective such activities are. It seems that they’re not very effective at all; future forecasts usually predict that the future will be mostly like the past.