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This week: it’s Bolsonaro all the way down; the 99%; 44 thousand patients can’t be wrong; “fire beats water” should be relegated to D&D; Find links from this newsletter and more at importantnotimportant.com/newsletter Got feedback? Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Important, Not Important is produced by Crate Media

This week: “Do not come”; The pandemic is not over for everyone; We can do better, can’t we? Cover crops; Language barriers in AI. Visit ImportantJobs.com to find your next role working on the frontlines of the future. Find links from this newsletter and more at importantnotimportant.com/newsletter Got feedback? Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Important, Not Important is produced by Crate Media

This week: bigger doesn’t mean better; COVAX has got next, finally; a brand new day… and vaccine; AI and medicine – so close, and yet so far. Visit ImportantJobs.com to find your next role working on the frontlines of the future. Find links from this newsletter and more at importantnotimportant.com/newsletter Got feedback? Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Important, Not Important is produced by Crate Media

This week: a brutal day for oil; fungi on the move (not great); wastewater: so hot right now; paying for climate protection; vaccine inequities; and facial recognition on the way out (for now). Find links from this newsletter and more at importantnotimportant.com/newsletter Got feedback? Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Important, Not Important is produced by Crate Media

Synopsis: We can time travel to the past to understand how we got to where we are today. But the past doesn’t dictate the future - not anymore. So we have to look forward. The decisions we make today will guarantee that the world of 2041 is cleaner, safer, and more equitable than 2021. Do Better Better essays help you build mental models and ask questions about our changing world — for yourself, your family, and your business. These essays compliment the audio version of our weekly newsletter, a...

This week: An electric truck for the masses; India’s vaccine production stays home; Better cancer screening; Beef emissions. Find links from this newsletter and more at importantnotimportant.com/newsletter Got feedback? Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Important, Not Important is produced by Crate Media

This week: fossil fuel financing under the microscope, India’s COVID summer, MDMA to the rescue, how to fix our water pipes. Psychedelics 101: Books, Documentaries, Podcasts, Science, and More – The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss Find links from this newsletter and more at importantnotimportant.com/newsletter Got feedback? Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Important, Not Important is produced by Crate Media

This week: AI is going backwards; carbon offsets are a mirage; falling birthrates and COVID; the end of malaria?; Jordan’s out of water. Find links from this newsletter and more at importantnotimportant.com/newsletter Got feedback? Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Important, Not Important is produced by Crate Media

This week: Batteries 101; too many vaccines, not enough takers; new antibiotics, but are they the right ones?; water disputes grow; AI gets the crack down Find links from this newsletter and more at importantnotimportant.com/newsletter Got feedback? Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Important, Not Important is produced by Crate Media

This week: Biden’s climate disclosures; Johnson & Johnson on pause; Odds of being infected post-vaccination; Biotech’s next decade; The EU draws up AI rules… and just in time Find links from this newsletter and more at importantnotimportant.com/newsletter Got feedback? Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Important, Not Important is produced by Crate Media

This week: Climate finance remains unregulated; God vs Vaccines; AI antibiotics are coming; New data on food waste since the 1960s Find links from this newsletter and more at importantnotimportant.com/newsletter Got feedback? Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Important, Not Important is produced by Crate Media

Synopsis: Starting over sucks. But, like in Contra, maybe starting over is just the thing that’ll save the world. Do Better Better essays help you build mental models and ask questions about our changing world — for yourself, your family, and your business. These essays compliment the audio version of our weekly newsletter, and of course, our ground-breaking conversations with diverse, interdisciplinary humans working on the frontlines of the future. Get these essays, our newsletter, and more sc...

This week: Biden’s plan, explained; financial climate risk, uncovered; at-home COVID tests, approved; pesticide poisonings, revealed Find links from this newsletter and more at importantnotimportant.com/newsletter Got feedback? Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Important, Not Important is produced by Crate Media

This week: The Western drought grows; China’s vaccine exports; menthol cigarettes on the run; bacon and Alzheimer’s; croissants and cancer. Find links from this newsletter and more at importantnotimportant.com/newsletter Got feedback? Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Important, Not Important is produced by Crate Media

In brief: The most powerful Joe; when you’re really clear on COVID; Black maternal outcomes; how to understand the AI internal war Find links from this newsletter and more at importantnotimportant.com/newsletter Got feedback? Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Important, Not Important is produced by Crate Media

In brief: Batteries are cheaper and increasingly everywhere; the best COVID treatments; a possible opioid alternative; cabbage is off the menu Find links from this newsletter and more at importantnotimportant.com/newsletter Got feedback? Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Important, Not Important is produced by Crate Media

This week: Miami kicks the can down the road, relief for farmworkers, poor Twitter, how not to waste food, how not to do ethical A.I. Find links from this newsletter and more at importantnotimportant.com/newsletter Got feedback? Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Important, Not Important is produced by Crate Media

This week: the price of climate change, how to re-open your office, a new wave of nurses, bailing out Black farmers. Find links from this newsletter and more at importantnotimportant.com/newsletter Got feedback? Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Important, Not Important is produced by Crate Media

Synopsis: Where does America keep paying clean up costs, instead of doubling down on prevention? Do Better Better essays help you build mental models and ask questions about our changing world — for yourself, your family, and your business. These essays compliment the audio version of our weekly newsletter, and of course, our ground-breaking conversations with diverse, interdisciplinary humans working on the frontlines of the future. Get these essays, our newsletter, and more science that makes ...

This week: How to help Texas. Air pollution and infertility. A drastic life expectancy gap. A big test for higher education. And AI rethinks pesticides. Find links from this newsletter and more at importantnotimportant.com/newsletter Got feedback? Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Important, Not Important is produced by Crate Media

This week: Your gas stove and water heater are hiding a dirty secret; where COVID goes from here; and all the good your poop can do. Find links from this newsletter and more at importantnotimportant.com/newsletter Got feedback? Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter at @importantnotimp Important, Not Important is produced by Crate Media

This week: The economic choices that have led us to a climate breaking point (and why the last year has prepared us to do something about it better than before, if we take action); what it will take to live a sustainable AND actually enjoyable retirement; using 5calls.org to call your rep about supporting equitable new climate legislation and putting your money in Betterment’s Socially Responsible Investing ; why the vaccine rollout is going so slow, why it needs to go significantly faster to ef...

Synopsis: If we're going to defeat the systemic issues of today, we need to Overwhelm The System. Here's how. Do Better Better essays help you build mental models and ask questions about our changing world — for yourself, your family, and your business. These essays compliment the audio version of our weekly newsletter, and of course, our ground-breaking conversations with diverse, interdisciplinary humans working on the frontlines of the future. Get these essays, our newsletter, and more scienc...

This week: Joe Biden has been president for about eight and a half days and the man’s not throwing away his shot when it comes to climate, environmental justice, COVID, or science in general; Santa’s packing EO’s and budget reconciliation; Biden’s seven-point COVID plan; we’re on the cusp of improved cancer treatments and diagnosis; and All We Can Save Circles are here and for you. Find links from this newsletter and more at importantnotimportant.com/newsletter Got feedback? Email us at funtalk@...