The false myth about our selfish nature

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The false myth about our selfish nature

by Warp Institute | Nov 14, 2022 | Column, Premium Content

I got excited when Steven Pinker's book The Better Angels of Our Nature came out in the fall of 2011. I had self-published Apokalypsens gosiga mörker (The cuddly darkness of the apocalypse) two and a half years earlier, where a main chapter was about the...

Space is important to our security policy

by Warp Institute | Nov 7, 2022 | Column, Premium Content, Space

Without functioning satellites, our communications are limited, our banking systems are out of order, our gas pumps are empty and directions to the nearest grocery store are no longer a click away. Points that may seem small, but on a larger scale, knocked out banking...

The fear mongering news media is ruining our society with anger and sadness

by Warp Institute | Oct 31, 2022 | Column, News media, Premium Content, Human Progress

Sorry about the angry headline, but I'm just following the trend. Angry headlines have increased dramatically in the last 20 years. So has headlines that with fear, sadness and disgust. Neutral headlines have decreased as well as headlines with joy.In a new paper...

What is the school good for – and how can it be improved?

by Warp Institute | Oct 24, 2022 | Chronicle, Education, Premium Content

What will tomorrow's school look like? Despite the fact that schools are ranked as one of the most important political issues by the voters, there is a lack of ideas if you listen to the school policy debate. How knowledge is to be measured and graded seems more...

Anders Bolling: External threats are the bane of modern man

by Warp Institute | Oct 17, 2022 | Column, Premium Content

Surely it feels as if the crises are coming more and more often. In the past, there were at least gaps of a few years between the crisis periods, but now it is as if they lie side by side, or even change hands: Terror crisis – refugee crisis – financial...

The world’s most ambitious cheese

by Warp Institute | Oct 14, 2022 | Company Visit, Premium Content, Food Tech

One kilogram of cheese accounts for between six and 13 kilograms of carbon dioxide emissions, according to the sustainability consultant Quantis. In 2010, the dairy industry accounted for four percent of all greenhouse emissions, and just over half of all colostrum in...