Derek Thompson
@DKThomp
Writer @TheAtlantic. "Plain English" podcast host @Ringer. Mondays on NPR's @hereandnow. Co-writing a book about abundance.
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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/plain-english-with-derek-thompson/id1594471023 04-05-2009 18:41:21
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Yāall, weāre doing it. Weāre cleaning up the atmosphere!! Honored to be in Iceland for the launch of Mammoth ā the worldās largest DAC facility led by Climeworks in partnership with Carbfix storage. It will capture more than 30k tons of CO2/yr, a critical step for the industry
This is such an annoying bit that Iām choosing to believe itās a weirdo kabuki takedown of the excesses of popularism (āā¦ oh, moderates should talk up only popular positions? How about I scaremonger and kneecap the early development of an interesting and important technology!ā)
While watching the campus protests and thinking about value of being able to communicate institutional focus to your stakeholdersāweāre a college; this is what weāre for; this is what we canāt acceptāIāve weirdly found myself thinking about ā¦ the Fed.
The Fed famously has aā¦
Why is trust in US institutionsāesp collegesācollapsing?
Hereās a theory. The 21st c has became the age of the unfocused institutionāthe age of mission inflation, goal ambiguity, and complex orgs losing any clear sense of priority, or identity.
theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/ā¦
Are we inching closer to the world 'The Jetsons' promised?
Derek Thompson and writer Gideon Lewis-Kraus unpack the technological barriers preventing flying cars from soaring in our skies.
open.spotify.com/episode/4EXS4eā¦