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✅ Far down on the to-do list
During the summer, I have taken the opportunity to do things that each week fall a bit down on the to-do list and often don't get done.
I have fixed mathiassundin.org and also updated it with my two talks, Optimist's Edge and Become a Centaur. I've also described how I turned into the Angry Optimist.
The debate has continued about AI and the sixth mass extinction.
In Svenska Dagbladet, Per Axbom responded and I have replied to him (both in Swedish). Thanks to Per for a good debate, which, even though the topic was AI, was not about doomsday.
In Expressen, we received a response from the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation and we have replied to them (also in Swedish):
"Based on vertebrates, we see how the negative development has leveled out, and maybe is close to turning globally. In some parts of the world, it has already turned. This fact combined with increased understanding, willingness, and resources - to the extent that we spend money on amphibian tunnels when building new roads - makes it unlikely that a sixth mass extinction will occur.
How humans treat animals is still a problem. But it's a problem we've started to solve."
Next week the summer pace is over, so then there will be news every day and the newsletter every Wednesday.
Mathias Sundin
The Angry Optimist
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