Under-Reported Good News

[FOXTROT LAMONT]

Well done. A hero indeed. Such times tend to favor boldness and bright initiative.

 

[Tiki Tom]

One word: “Metformin”.
see paragraph three.

https://www.almendron.com/tribuna/the-start-ups-seeking-a-cure-for-old-age/

 

[FOXTROT LAMONT]

I've been diagnosed stage 1 and on Novolog insulin and besaglar at night. Metformin for a bit now past. Hated M.

 

[Turnip]

„The Limits To Growth“ celebrated it’s 50th anniversary last year.

 

[Tiki Tom]

Men who take viagra 25% less likely to die early.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11649627/Viagra-users-25-likely-suffer-early-death.html

 

[Bushman]

Guess it gets the blood flowing in the right places!

 

[Tiki Tom]

Earth’s ozone layer is healing up. (Remember that the depletion of the ozone layer was a doomsday scenario in the 1980s?) Successful international cooperation to ban CFCs has been a success. This harkens well for humanity’s chances of addressing other climate issues.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/09/world/ozone-layer-recovery-climate-intl/index.html

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/13/opinions/ozone-layer-hope-for-climate-change-lincoln/index.html

 

[belfastboy]

Men who take viagra 25% less likely to die early.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11649627/Viagra-users-25-likely-suffer-early-death.html

Cuz they are too busy to die?

 

[belfastboy]

Not really underreported BUT still very good news. Snow on the ground outside whilst I am comfortable inside, camped in front of my TV watching the BlueJays play the Yankees, Florida spring training and the baseball season is just around the next corner. That, to me, is always great news.

 

[Tiki Tom]

Ten reasons to have a little hope:

https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/all-news/article-734406

 

[FOXTROT LAMONT]

Ten reasons to have a little hope:

https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/all-news/article-734406

London seems to be on perpetual strike with migration, other national issues, and certainly Ukraine. So this was a very heart warmth column from the Jerusalem Post. Thanks Tik.

 

[Tiki Tom]

Another big one. And it’s not the first time this has been reported.
There seems to be agreement that the global human population will peak in the next 50 years or so and, then, will start to decline.

https://studyfinds.org/world-population-peak/

When I was in school in the 70s, the popular view was that humanity was going to overpopulate itself until the world became a Soilant-Green distopia of poverty, shortages, and overcrowding. It looks like we may have dodged that bullet. Good news!

 

[Tiki Tom]

Possible cure for Alzheimer’s disease?

https://nypost.com/2023/04/13/mit-scientists-find-way-to-treat-reverse-alzheimers-disease/

 

[Frunobulax]

Another big one. And it’s not the first time this has been reported.
There seems to be agreement that the global human population will peak in the next 50 years or so and, then, will start to decline.

https://studyfinds.org/world-population-peak/

When I was in school in the 70s, the popular view was that humanity was going to overpopulate itself until the world became a Soilant-Green distopia of poverty, shortages, and overcrowding. It looks like we may have dodged that bullet. Good news!

Not as good as you think considering many are now worried about demograhic collapse. Many nations have been below replacement value for some time.

 

[Tiki Tom]

No doubt population decline will come with its own set of challenges. Is the glass half full or half empty?

 

[Frunobulax]

No doubt population decline will come with its own set of challenges. Is the glass half full or half empty?

Leaking?

 

[Tiki Tom]

Went to KFC yesterday to pick up a bucket of health food and saw this poster by the cash register. As someone who worked many crappy jobs to support myself through university, this warmed my heart. Well done, KFC!

 

[FOXTROT LAMONT]

A lure to hire and retain labour.

 

[Tiki Tom]

The Nuclear Fusion era has arrived. “It used to be the joke that nuclear fusion is 50 years away… and always will be. That is no longer true.” Abundant clean energy is within our grasp.

https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/nuclear-fusion-era-arrived/

 

[FOXTROT LAMONT]

The Nuclear Fusion era has arrived. Abundant clean energy is within our grasp.

A step in the right direct Tik but it's still a ways there. Still trying to wrap mind round AI.