Family Farmer Bankruptcies

Thanks to trade wars, climate disruptions, and depressed commodity prices, the number of family farms that went bankrupt in the Continue reading →

Risks For Life Expectancy

Terrorism makes the biggest headlines, but among ten other risks to human life, it only reduces life expectancy 22 days. Continue reading →

Real Cost Of Climate Change – Jakarta

Climate change has progressed from warnings in the middle of the last century, to the creation of Earth Day, to Continue reading →

Changing Energy Subsidies

Subsidies encourage policies that can be mutually exclusive. Renewable energy subsidies are noticeable because they visibly go to people who Continue reading →

AI Judges

Feeling like you don’t trust government and authority figures as much as before? Familiar with slow bureaucracies that rely on Continue reading →

Delhi Is Drying Up

Another major city is running out of water. This time instead of in Brazil or South Africa, it’s in India. Continue reading →

PNTP Fourth Anniversary – The Hits

Surprise! Today’s the 4th anniversary for PretendingNotToPanic.com, the blog. News for people who are eager and anxious about the future. Continue reading →

CalExit Again

They’re trying it again, and this time got onto the ballot. Some Californians are trying to create three states from Continue reading →