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the year that ended dangerously: the ETC's ireverant, snarky, and spot-on end of year review

Posted: January 31 2016

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The ETC's Report also contains this fabulous comic.


Every year, our friends at the ETC (stands for Action Group on Erosion, Technology, and Concentration) puts out an, as they say, "irreverent," year-end recap-- and this year's is out now! We've compiled a brief list of the highlights from the 2015 edition of the ETC's yearly End of Year Review:

  • Comparing itself to the Grinch that Stole Christmas when complaining about the Paris attacks, the ETC explains how in the proceedings the Climate Activists "lost time and ground that we can't recover."
  • Turns out phytoplankton are carbon sequesters.
  • The Good and the Bad news coming out of the tech sphere (gene drives, AI, Ben and Jerry's, Technology Bank...)
  • Whimsical historical anecdotes from the year (good moral boosters)
  • And this favorite quote: "“Let’s be clear about this, our company was dishonest. And in my German words, we have totally screwed up."
  • A not-to-be-missed reading list!
  • Clairvoyant prophecies regarding 2016.

Read it here!