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Another amazing, inspiring chart from @MaxCRoser. Take a moment to let these statistics sink in.
Another amazing, inspiring chart from @MaxCRoser. Take a moment to let these statistics sink in.
#MondayMotivation from this week's 🟦Blue Sky guest. 🎧Listen to the full episode here: tr.ee/687E8fyB0e And check out Dan's work on the 🟦Blue Sky Bookshelf 📚: tr.ee/fN_wTWxKYm #optimism #politics
Dan Stone joins the list of 🟦Blue Sky guests encouraging us to have more intellectual humility. 🎧Listen this weekend! 🔗tr.ee/687E8fyB0e ➡️check out his book, "Undue Hate," on the 🟦Blue Sky Bookshelf📚: tr.ee/fN_wTWxKYm #humility #civility #optimism
☀️Happy 🟦Blue Sky Friday, from Founder Bill, in the wild.🌳 🎧Don't miss this week's episode - listen this weekend! 🟦🔗 tr.ee/687E8fyB0e #politics #polarization #optimism
🟦Blue Sky guest Dan Stone cites Longfellow, in "Undue Hate." 📕, encouraging us to be more open to understanding how reasonable people may come to disagree. (Check it out at the 🟦Blue Sky Bookshelf 📚: tr.ee/fN_wTWxKYm) #understanding #Longfellow #optimism
Thank you Castbox for featuring 🟦 Blue Sky on your "Mood for Spring" collection! We don't know about you, but we are ready to hang up the trapper hat and swap it for a warm weather option... stay tuned. You can stream at ow.ly/U1Sp50Ro56E 🎧 @Castbox_fm
This week's 🟦Blue Sky guest offers a helpful reminder in these times of polarization - "It's OK to disagree." 🎧Check out this conversation with Dan Stone, of @BowdoinCollege today! 🔗tr.ee/687E8fyB0e #civility #politics #optimism
Remarkable. Thanks for sharing, @MaxCRoser
🚨NEW EPISODE! 🟦Blue Sky guest, @BowdoinCollege's Dan Stone describes our destructive tendency to exaggerate our ideological differences. 🎧Listen today! 🔗tr.ee/687E8fyB0e And check out "Undue Hate," on the 🟦Blue Sky Bookshelf 📚: tr.ee/fN_wTWxKYm
This week's 🟦Blue Sky guest is Dan Stone, author of "Undue Hate," 📕. ➡️Research does not show increased ideological differences, but today we tend to dislike not just the ideas of those with whom we disagree, but the individuals themselves. 😠 🎧🔗tr.ee/687E8fyB0e
🌏Earth Day Episode!🌏 Don't miss this week's "Throwback"/Encore 🟦Blue Sky episode with Dan Reicher! 🎧🔗tr.ee/ZsInzOWgyn #optimism #climate #earthday @stanforddoerr
"Study some history...keep learning, and try optimism." Well put, @robertghrist!
"Study some history...keep learning, and try optimism." Well put, @robertghrist!
Well said, @AdamMGrant!
This platform is full of wonderful people. If you carefully curate your feed, over time it will compound into a powerful resource. Optimize for kindness, humility, and curiosity.
This platform is full of wonderful people. If you carefully curate your feed, over time it will compound into a powerful resource. Optimize for kindness, humility, and curiosity.
This week’s TBTT 🟦 Blue Sky guest, Dan Reicher, brought his “Uncommon Dialog” approach to Solar Energy development, with tremendous results! ow.ly/Tk5G50RgWQe @dan_reicher
🟦Blue Sky guest Dan Reicher discusses the massive amount of attention - and resources💰 - being placed on addressing climate change.🌏 🎧🔗tr.ee/ZsInzOWgyn @dan_reicher #earthmonth #climatechange #optimism
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Monday wisdom from the great Kevin Kelly:
Emissions of substances that deplete the ozone layer have fallen by more than 99% since 1989. Today's Data Insight by my colleague @EOrtizOspina. → Here are all our Data Insights: ourworldindata.org/data-insights
Q: How many children did not die in the past three decades thanks to progress in global health? A: 100 million. Our World in Data ourworldindata.org/children-saved…
Such beautiful numbers! ❤️ “Since 1974, vaccination has averted 154 million deaths, including 146 million among children under 5 years, of whom 101 million were infants. For every death averted, 66 years of full health were gained on average, translating to 10·2 billion years…
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@Jason_Trice “I am a better investor because I am a businessman, and a better businessman because I am an investor.” - Warren Buffett "I am a better investor because of great people that are a part of this community who mentor me without knowing, and they are humble" - me
Blue Sky is trending, what a perfect time for folks to check out, you guessed it... The Blue Sky Podcast! Recently featured on the @TODAYshow, founder of the @OptInstitute Bill Burke, has the most infectious positivity that'll make you say GIDDY UP! ☀️Listen now☀️
Today's @RBIPodcast returns to our favorite biographical series, full of personal and professional insights from some of the world's favorite Fools. @wsbarkercfa & @RobertBrokamp are Telling Their Stories, Vol. 6! Out at 4pm ET. 📚🃏🌟🎙️🙂
@OptInstitute Great quote, love it! Also, thank you for helping to spread optimism and positivity in the world!
This was the perfect way to open #TED2024 ...from two courageous, beautiful human beings.
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This is amazing! @OptInstitute check it out!
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First time in my life I've seen a total solar eclipse. Awestruck. And yes, it happened right on time. 🎯
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The optimist's version of “the glass is half full.” @OptInstitute
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