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Stenly » spin off znacka Volva na elektricky auta na vlastnim webu uvadi, ze k vyrovnani vyssi ekologicky zateze spojeny s vyrobou elektromobilu na uroven srovnatelnyho auta se spalovacim motorem je potreba pri globalnim prumeru emisi energetiky najet asi 110 tisic kilometru, coz jestli se nemejlim odpovida zivotnosti ty baterky...

https://www.polestar.com/uk/electric-sustainability/transparency/

u nas navic jizda elektormobilem emisne v podstate odpovida beznymu novymu autu na benzin, v polsku je jizda elektromobilem ca 2x ekologicky horsi

https://www.electricitymap.org/map

to je tak straslivej podvod tohle..

Stenly » loooooool

https://zpravy.aktualne.cz/ekonomika/cesky-deloitte-musel-stahnout-zpravu-ktera-zlehcovala-dopady/r~2c7b765003ce11eb9c800cc47ab5f122/

"Nešťastně pojaté znění textu nereprezentuje globální postoj společnosti Deloitte na dopady změny klimatu, a proto byla zpráva stažena a již není veřejně dostupná," potvrdil Aktuálně.cz ředitel komunikace Deloitte CZ Michal Malysa.

"Deloitte věří, že je nezbytné, aby všichni - od vlád přes podniky až po nevládní organizace a jednotlivce - chránili naši planetu. Věříme, že k dosažení cílů Pařížské dohody je zapotřebí neodkladně a okamžitě jednat. Věříme, že firmy, včetně Deloitte, mohou a musí hrát klíčovou roli tak, že se zaměří na vlastní procesy, inovují nová řešení starých způsobů podnikání a přesvědčí a pomohou ostatním, aby jednali," uvádí dále firma ve svém vyjádření ke stažení kontroverzní studie.

Zpráva o klimatické změně vycházela z metodiky Mezinárodního měnového fondu. Sice neobsahovala faktické chyby, metodologie MMF ovšem podle kritiků není natolik komplexní, aby zachytila řady dalších vlivů souvisejících se změnami klimatu.


takze dulezity neni mit spravny data, ale mit spravnou viru looool

Stenly » https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/10/joseph-henrich-weird-people/615496/

https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/06/04/book-review-the-secret-of-our-success/
(tohle uz myslim bylo)

Stenly » https://fallofcivilizationspodcast.com/

Stenly » #436: Books I've Loved — Maria Popova and Tyler Cowen
The Tim Ferriss Show
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3t3Yb8AQj24XcsCXw0hfiZ

hahaha ten Tyler Cowen je fakt blazen

Stenly » https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/09/05/middle-east-end-hope-recovery-yemen-lebanon/

debata s autorem na tema clanku
https://open.spotify.com/episode/38dX2DDvPLh4e0QoynDiPx

Stenly » tohle bych od finmagu skoro ani necekal

https://finmag.penize.cz/kaleidoskop/420472-usa-vratte-nam-zabavu!-fanousci-maji-dost-politiky-ve-sportu

Stenly » Stenly (14:38:19): ted ctu konecne cely Wages of Destruction, 800stranek ekonomickyho racionale pro druhou svetovou valku, neuveritelne podrobne vyzdrojovany, nikdy jsem nic takovyho necet, strasnej masakr... nicmene i z tyhle knizky jasne vyplyva, jak jsou ekonomicky zajmy jenom castecnou slozkou modernich konfliktu, a to se jeste jedna o nejaky dozvuky devatenactyho stoleti.. tady dystak nabitej rozhovor s autorem

https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLnNvdW5kY2xvdWQuY29tL3VzZXJzL3NvdW5kY2xvdWQ6dXNlcnM6ODI5OTM0MDAvc291bmRzLnJzcw&ep=14&episode=dGFnOnNvdW5kY2xvdWQsMjAxMDp0cmFja3MvNDYzMjg3NDA1

nekde doma bych mozna vyhrabal nejakou vybranou kapitolu co jsme cetli v economic warfare, ale to uz je asi lepsi ten podcast, ten jde k jadru ty knihy

Sili » Kladno není zdaleka tak hnusný jak se říká
A inkriminovane vezaky jsou vpodstate unikát
Ale jak myslis

Stenly » premejslim, co by me tak donutilo/nalakalo jet dobrovolne do Kladna.. ale muzeum vezaku to asi nebude :)


jinak tady vyjimecna trocha pop-psychologie, kdyz to na prvni pohled nevypada jako zjevny bulsit

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/sep/04/oliver-burkemans-last-column-the-eight-secrets-to-a-fairly-fulfilled-life

Sili » Prosimvas, jenom ze to tady vidim

Muzeum vezaku Kladno, rozhodne stoji za to
Google it, go for it

Stenly » Problémy současné krajiny lze popsat jednou delší větou: Monofunkční budovy na nevhodných místech vytvářejí příliš velké vzdálenosti pro vznik hodnotných celků i v prosperujících oblastech, drancují krajinu a nechávají lidi zcela odkázané na dojíždění autem do blízkého města, kde doprava přespolních ničí to, co je na něm hezké, a v obyvatelích vzbuzuje pocit, že by měli větší klid za městem… v monofunkčních budovách na nevhodných místech.


https://finmag.penize.cz/bydleni/419465-hybaj-do-poli
+ nasup na pribuzny tema

https://finmag.penize.cz/bydleni/420118-recept-na-vodu-v-krajine-fakt-husta-architektura

https://finmag.penize.cz/bydleni/420143-stavebni-normy-silnice-do-horouciho-pekla-asfaltovane-dobrymi-umysly

Stenly » https://www.novinky.cz/historie/clanek/historik-martin-wihoda-o-pocatcich-ceskych-dejin-za-vzestupem-stalo-krestanstvi-i-otrokarstvi-40333819

Stenly » tri zasadni debaty, malokdy si nakonci umim vybrat co je koherentnejsi argument, pro/proti


Globalization Has Undermined America's Working Class

Globalization ushered in an era of free trade, fluid borders, and unparalleled corporate profits. For its proponents, the global integration of states and their economies was a political and economic win that created a wealth of opportunities for workers and consumers around the world. But in the United States, jobs are disappearing. From construction zones to clerical offices to coal mines, the American working class is losing ground. Is globalization to blame? Did the push toward global integration leave our most vulnerable populations behind, making them the losers of this grand experiment? Or is globalization being used as a scapegoat for a wider range of failed public policies and unprecedented advances in technology?

(youtube video)


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Long Live Walmart

Walmart has long been a target for critics of corporate expansion, but does the company really deserve the scrutiny? Some say that the big-box retailer devastates small communities by pushing out locally-owned businesses, mistreats its workers through low pay and restrictive work hours, and forces American companies to use cheap foreign labor to produce goods at low cost. Others point to the fact that Walmart provides countless jobs to low-skilled American workers, sells affordable goods, has increasingly become a leader in sustainability, and attracts new consumers and businesses to its neighborhoods. Has Walmart been good for America?

(youtube video)


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Amazon Is The Reader's Friend

In late 2014, Amazon and the publishing house Hachette settled a months-long dispute over who should set the price for e-books. In Amazon’s view, lower prices mean more sales and more readers, and that benefits everyone. But for publishers, the price of an e-book must reflect the investment made, from the author’s advance to a book’s production. The conflict, resolved for now, has only raised more questions about the value of books, Amazon’s business practices, and the role of publishers. Is book publishing an oligopoly, a dinosaur in need of disruption? Is Amazon, which accounts for 41% of all new book and 67% of all e-book sales, a monopoly? Who is doing right by readers and the future of books?

(youtube video)

Stenly » https://rumorsontheinternets.org/2010/10/14/magnasanti-the-largest-and-most-terrifying-simcity/

Stenly » poslouchal jsem ted nejaky podcasty od nejakejch levicovejch reporteru z Portlandu a krome "policie jsou fasisti kteri si zaslouzi pest hipsterske tridy" jsem se nic moc zajimavyho nedozvedel.. ale tady je takovy jednoduchy shrnuti z neutralni strany a je to jeste mnohem absurdnejsi, nez jsem si myslel. ta policejni stanice kterou se snazi vypalit jako "vyspu white supremacy" byla vydobytek cernoskejch politiku, kteri si ji na natlak vlastnich konstituentu (jak se to rekne cesky?) vynutili na magistratu, aby meli lepsi response time, ptz v jejich ctvrtich meli problemy s gangama.. vetsina mistnich policistu jsou middle class cernosi a velitel policie, kteryho je potreba jako fasistu vyhnat z mesta je mistne respektovana cernoska, ktera je u policie 27 a dokazala zaridit jednu z nejprogresivnejsich policii v USA

CHAZ u vubec nekomentuju, prvni co udelali bylo ze zabrali cizi majetek, udelali hranice, postavili ozbrojenou polici a udelali segregovany zony pro barevny, zatimco celej vystrelek vedl za par tejdnu ke smrti asi tolika cernochu, kolik jich rocne zemre pri zatykani v cely zemi.. a nakonec triumfalne deklarovali ze to nebyl real socialsm a sli dal... to nevymyslis

https://quillette.com/2020/08/25/podcast-106-journalist-and-documentary-maker-christopher-rufo-on-the-summer-of-anarchy-in-seattle-and-portland/

Stenly » Swiss Political System: More than You ever Wanted to Know (I.)

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There are obligatory referenda: Any change in constitution, adjustment of taxes or joining any international organization must be approved by the people and the cantons. There are legislative referenda: Any law enacted by the parliament may be challenged and rejected in a referendum. Finally, there are so called "popular initiatives" which can propose a referendum on any topic. If the initiative manages to collect specified amount of signatures within specified amount of time the referendum is organized and the initiative may eventually get enacted. All of these referenda exist not only on the federal, but also on the cantonal and the municipal level. All of them are binding and neither of them needs a quorum.

To understand the scope of the thing, consider that a 37-year-old from the city of Zurich who turned 18 in year 2000, has, in past 20 years, had the opportunity to take part in 548 referenda, 181 of them being on the federal, 176 on the cantonal and 191 on the municipal level. With the average turnout of 45% it means that they have voted in approximately 246 referenda.

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Any change to the constitution must be approved by the voters in a referendum. There's no way around it. If you want to change the constitution, you need the majority of voters and the majority of cantons to vote for it. Period. (To clarify: Canton is considered to be in favor if the majority of voters in the canton are in favor.)

While this may seem as a reasonable rule on its own, it is in fact an important piece that complements the overall system. The results of popular initiatives are, for example, written into the constitution, meaning that they can't be overturned, except by a different referendum. (On the other hand, it gives the Swiss Constitution a rather special character. It begins with the thundering: "In the name of Almighty God! We, the Swiss people and cantons, mindful of our responsibility to the Creation" etc., but then it ends with guidelines for the protection of swamps and rules for building holiday homes.)

Similarly, Switzerland has no constitutional court. The right to interpret the constitution is granted only to the people. They may do so by running a referendum that makes the wording of the constitution more clear.

In short, the system is crafted in such a way that there are no loopholes. No way to disrespect the popular opinion.

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https://250bpm.com/blog:161/


Swiss Political System: More than You ever Wanted to Know (II.)

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Why decentralization?

And so one asks: Why all the decentralization? Why all those local and regional, intertwining rules that complicate the whole system so much that it's barely understandable? What is it all good for, anyway?

Friedrich Hayek is the author of a famous parable about how the market works as a device for collecting and processing information. Everyone is free to decide what to buy and at what price, providing the market with information about their preferences and financial possibilities. Manufacturers, in turn, are free to sell at any price, providing the information about the manufacturing costs. Market takes care of the processing and produces the right amount of each good, at the right time, at the right price. No central planner would be able to measure the tiniest preferences with a similar accuracy and create a plan that would produce and ship the goods exactly to where they are needed.

What's much less known is the work of another Nobel laureate, Elinor Ostrom. What she says is similar to what Hayek says, except it's about institutions, rather than markets: Proper institutions function as information collecting and processing devices. They process the messy hands-on knowledge of the stakeholders and transform it into efficient administrative rules. If the current rules do not work, the participants, being personally involved in the whole matter and knowing all the details, will adjust the rules to solve the problem.

Ostrom identifies several principles that must be followed to make such an institution work. I am not going to list all of them. If you are interested in the topic, read my review of Ostrom's book here. The part that particularly interests me in the context of this article is the rule stating that policies must be fitted to local conditions.

As an example, Ostrom describes a village in Sri Lanka, where fishing was practiced at two different spots. The fishing grounds were about one and a half kilometers apart. Each of them had different rules on who, how and when could fish. These rules have been carefully crafted to take sea currents, changes in the abundance of fish during the day, the cost of preparing the equipment, etc. into account.

The rules we are talking about here are based on many years of experience at the local level, and no central government, no planner, however ingenious, would be able to design a similarly optimal system. The best that could be expected would be a well-thought-out, but rigid system that would apply the same rules to every village on the Sri Lankan coast. That, in turn, would lead to sub-optimal use of resources in some places and, conversely, to over-fishing and gradual destruction of the fisheries in other places.

But to return to Switzerland: Let's take the already mentioned case of the Rosengarten tunnel, a project to divert traffic from the busiest Zurich street to the underground. What I hear from the locals is that many voted against the tunnel, because if it were built and the traffic really went underground, the whole neighborhood would suddenly be more lucrative and the rents would increase. (And again: High rents are a pain point in Zurich.)

Those who rent a flat in the neighborhood therefore have a good reason to vote against the tunnel. However, the situation is the opposite for those who own real estate there. If apartment prices increase, they will benefit from it. The result of the vote is therefore influenced by the ratio of subtenants to apartment owners. No official would be able to take this particular detail, as well as many other, no less important, into account and make a balanced decision.

The same is true when setting up a political system: The system must be adapted to local conditions. Let us remember the one already mentioned in the government of the canton of Bern for the representative of the French minority. Such a rule doesn't make sense elsewhere. Some cantons have no French minority. Others are almost purely French. The rule only makes sense for the canton of Bern, because the French-speaking Bernese Jura has, for historical reasons, a special status. Other cantons it turn need different rules.

Finally, it should be said that the cantons often serve as political laboratories. Rules that have worked well in one canton are sometimes adopted at the federal level. This allows for relatively safe experimentation without dire consequences for the entire country. When, for example, proportional voting system was introduced on the federal level in 1917, it had been already tested in the canton of Ticino. When voting age was lowered to sixteen in the canton of Glarus in 2010, some have expected that the innovation would spread to other cantons, and maybe even to the federal level, counterbalancing the graying of the electorate. However, that has not happened yet.

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https://250bpm.com/blog:162/

AirGuru » Stenly (13:28:12): upvote

Stenly » https://www.raamoprusland.nl/dossiers/nederland-en-europa/1670-the-west-and-belarus-a-case-for-hippocratic-diplomacy

Stenly » https://www.voxpot.cz/a-to-pro-vas-ma-putin-poslat-specnaz-bizarni-pribeh-lodi-ktera-do-bejrutu-dovezla-vybusny-naklad/