Ask HN: More magazines like Quanta and Noema?
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For convenience, here are the RSS/Atom feeds for some of the publications mentioned in this thread:
Quanta https://api.quantamagazine.org/feed/
Noema Magazine https://www.noemamag.com/feed/
Aeon https://aeon.co/feed
Nautilus https://nautil.us/feed/
The Point Magazine https://thepointmag.com/feed/
Asterisk Magazine https://asteriskmag.com/feed
Symmetry Magazine https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/feed
n+1 Magazine https://www.nplusonemag.com/feed/
Harpers Magazine https://harpers.org/feed/
Low←Tech Magazine https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/feeds/all-en.atom.xml
Public Books Magazine http://www.publicbooks.org/feed
The New Atlantis https://www.thenewatlantis.com/feed
Quanta https://api.quantamagazine.org/feed/
Noema Magazine https://www.noemamag.com/feed/
Aeon https://aeon.co/feed
Nautilus https://nautil.us/feed/
The Point Magazine https://thepointmag.com/feed/
Asterisk Magazine https://asteriskmag.com/feed
Symmetry Magazine https://www.symmetrymagazine.org/feed
n+1 Magazine https://www.nplusonemag.com/feed/
Harpers Magazine https://harpers.org/feed/
Low←Tech Magazine https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/feeds/all-en.atom.xml
Public Books Magazine http://www.publicbooks.org/feed
The New Atlantis https://www.thenewatlantis.com/feed
If you're interested in retro stuff, I highly recommend checking out Byte Magazine's archive at https://worldradiohistory.com/Byte_Magazine.htm. They have issues dating from 1975 to 1994, and the search functionality is pretty good.
While not all of their content is of high quality, there are some fascinating gems hidden in there. For instance, their February 1992 issue has a section on Archie, one of the earliest internet search engines:
> For many people, particularly programmers and engineers, the Internet means "info- booty": shareware and freeware source code, documents, graphics, and data sets available by file transfer downloads and from E-mail servers. Sites like UUNET and The World each have several gigabytes' worth of publicly available archives. These are but two of the hundreds of sites with archives accessible via these methods. Even admitting a fair amount of redundancy among archives, it still adds up to about 100 gigabytes, and new sites and offerings are coming on-line every day.
> With so many different archives, it can be hard to figure out where (and at what network address) to access the items you want. If you don't know what you want beyond compilers or CP/M applications, it's even more overwhelming.
> The "archie group" at McGill University (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) has one solution to the problem: archie (archive without the v), the Internet Archive Server Listing Service (for access, see reference 2). Archie is a central database of information about Internet-accessible archive sites, plus server programs that provide access by telnet, anonymous file transfer protocol (FTP), E-mail, and the Prospero distributed computer system.
https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Byte/90s/1992/Byte-199... (page 147)
Also, there is Communications of the ACM (https://dl.acm.org/magazine/cacm). Many of their articles are free to read.
While not all of their content is of high quality, there are some fascinating gems hidden in there. For instance, their February 1992 issue has a section on Archie, one of the earliest internet search engines:
> For many people, particularly programmers and engineers, the Internet means "info- booty": shareware and freeware source code, documents, graphics, and data sets available by file transfer downloads and from E-mail servers. Sites like UUNET and The World each have several gigabytes' worth of publicly available archives. These are but two of the hundreds of sites with archives accessible via these methods. Even admitting a fair amount of redundancy among archives, it still adds up to about 100 gigabytes, and new sites and offerings are coming on-line every day.
> With so many different archives, it can be hard to figure out where (and at what network address) to access the items you want. If you don't know what you want beyond compilers or CP/M applications, it's even more overwhelming.
> The "archie group" at McGill University (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) has one solution to the problem: archie (archive without the v), the Internet Archive Server Listing Service (for access, see reference 2). Archie is a central database of information about Internet-accessible archive sites, plus server programs that provide access by telnet, anonymous file transfer protocol (FTP), E-mail, and the Prospero distributed computer system.
https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Byte/90s/1992/Byte-199... (page 147)
Also, there is Communications of the ACM (https://dl.acm.org/magazine/cacm). Many of their articles are free to read.
The archive at World Radio History has much broader interest, with hobby electronics, professional electronics, radio and TV management and programming, and some popular music history.
I miss Byte and Nybble mags. There are no good programming/computer mags that take you into the software and teaching programming at different levels.
Not just beginner, intermediate, etc., but software and low level hardware for specific chip sets.
Raspberry PI mag is the closest thing. Maybe I should just downgrade my desktop to a RPI and enjoy the hobby again. Maybe, build a robo-dog/cat/creature.
Not just beginner, intermediate, etc., but software and low level hardware for specific chip sets.
Raspberry PI mag is the closest thing. Maybe I should just downgrade my desktop to a RPI and enjoy the hobby again. Maybe, build a robo-dog/cat/creature.
you can add Dr Dobbs to that list.
See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8758915 for the 'end of it' and for the archives https://archive.org/details/DDJDVD6 or https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Dr.+Dobb%27s+J...
See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8758915 for the 'end of it' and for the archives https://archive.org/details/DDJDVD6 or https://archive.org/search?query=creator%3A%22Dr.+Dobb%27s+J...
Somebody has to pay for it:
Quanta magazine is financed by the Simons Foundation (Hedge Fund billionaire).
Noema seems to be a pet project of Nicolas Berggruen (Hedge Fund billionaire).
The name sounded familiar: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Berggruen#Berggruen_be...
Quanta magazine is financed by the Simons Foundation (Hedge Fund billionaire).
Noema seems to be a pet project of Nicolas Berggruen (Hedge Fund billionaire).
The name sounded familiar: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Berggruen#Berggruen_be...
Quality is evident immediately from the lead story on Noema: "A Parliament of Earthlings". Fascinating read for a Sunday morning on AI efforts to enhance whale conservation (with plenty of knowing nods to Star Trek IV). At least the first half of the article felt that way. But instead the article just sort of devolves into a rolling argument for a "Gaia 2.0" hypothesis. Curious, I delved a bit deeper. And what I found is a kind of supremacy of faith in our ability to delivery planet-scale geoengineering. Terraforming Planet Earth, in a nutshell ;)
https://www.noemamag.com/planetary-sapience/
https://www.noemamag.com/planetary-sapience/
I haven't heard of Jim Simons before, so I looked him up on Wikipedia. He sounds like quite a character. I, too, would stop wearing socks and fund a non-profit science magazine if I had a billion dollars.
If you want some further reading on him, the man who solved the market, is not a bad read
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43889703-the-man-who-sol...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43889703-the-man-who-sol...
He is the Simons of Chern–Simons theory.
I liked his interview with numberphile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNznD9hMEh0
The story how he got fired ...https://youtu.be/QNznD9hMEh0
I feel I get a lot of value for the $60 I pay annually to read The New Yorker online. [1]
It's not perfect, but it's become essentially the only place I consume "long-form articles about interesting stuff"-type content, which I think they still do better than anyone.
1: https://www.newyorker.com
It's not perfect, but it's become essentially the only place I consume "long-form articles about interesting stuff"-type content, which I think they still do better than anyone.
1: https://www.newyorker.com
Agreed about the New Yorker. Likewise, agree with the exact same description for the Atlantic. And I have bounced back and forth between them over the years.
Be sure to find out to see if you can check out issues from your library through Overdrive/Libby. Granted, I have to read it via a browser but can still read for free.
I just wish Quanta Magazine would do a print edition so I can subscribe. Sadly it does not seem part of their mission: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/columns-and-blo....
Same. I find it hard to read long and complicated articles from a screen, and I would pay a lot for a weekly subscription to dead-tree magazine Quanta.
Right now I print articles I'm interested in, which is far from the most efficient solution.
Right now I print articles I'm interested in, which is far from the most efficient solution.
I’d be happy with a PDF version with good layout.
I get Communications of the ACM, IEEE’s Computer and Software that way.
But I still miss BYTE. The articles are half the fun only - the ads painted a colourful portrait of the computer scene back then.
I get Communications of the ACM, IEEE’s Computer and Software that way.
But I still miss BYTE. The articles are half the fun only - the ads painted a colourful portrait of the computer scene back then.
https://aeon.co/ I find essayes on aeon.co really good.
I like Aeon and have regularly read it for a few years. I've found the articles to be pretty high variance, so I've been hesitant to recommend in general. When it's good, it's good e.g. https://aeon.co/essays/how-gods-beat-astronomers-in-the-sola....
The Conversation (https://theconversation.com/) publishes news-style articles by working academics and graduate students, so the contributors typically have a technical background relevant to the subjects they are writing about (making the publication comparable to Quanta).
Nautilus magazine also publishes excellent science journalism (https://nautil.us) with high-quality writing comparable to Quanta. In contrast with The Conversation, the contributors are typically professional journalists and writers—the writing quality is therefore often much higher and more literary than The Conversation's, though Conversation contributors have relevant specialist knowledge more often than Nautilus contributors.
Also, Lapham's Quarterly (https://www.laphamsquarterly.org) is perhaps comparable to Noema, as the magazine publishes essays and analyses of modern issues, often via making comparisons between current affairs and important parts of history. This looks similar to Noema's approach of analyzing current events from an academic perspective, from noticing references to academic publications in several essays featured on Noema's front page.
Nautilus magazine also publishes excellent science journalism (https://nautil.us) with high-quality writing comparable to Quanta. In contrast with The Conversation, the contributors are typically professional journalists and writers—the writing quality is therefore often much higher and more literary than The Conversation's, though Conversation contributors have relevant specialist knowledge more often than Nautilus contributors.
Also, Lapham's Quarterly (https://www.laphamsquarterly.org) is perhaps comparable to Noema, as the magazine publishes essays and analyses of modern issues, often via making comparisons between current affairs and important parts of history. This looks similar to Noema's approach of analyzing current events from an academic perspective, from noticing references to academic publications in several essays featured on Noema's front page.
Seconding the recommendation for Nautilus. I used to subscribe to their print edition for a while, and had loved it.
Nautilus' print quality is next to none!
Long answer. You are a boot other ?
I'm not sure what you mean, but all the publications are non-profit organizations—none of which I am affiliated with.
Lapham's and The Conversation also don't have any paywalls, though Nautilus does have a soft paywall of two articles a month (this is comparable to the magazines mentioned by other users in this discussion, with similarly fairly relaxed or stricter paywalls).
Lapham's and The Conversation also don't have any paywalls, though Nautilus does have a soft paywall of two articles a month (this is comparable to the magazines mentioned by other users in this discussion, with similarly fairly relaxed or stricter paywalls).
I don’t have a link to share, but I’d like to thank OP and every comment in this thread. There are some gems here. Of course one can google, but when something is recommended by a human, and is purely based on merit, it is much more trustworthy than a random site filled with ads looking to make a buck.
In short, HN is awesome
In short, HN is awesome
I’ve subscribed to the Economist for years and love it. You can skim or go deep as desired.
I used to be a fan of The Economist but after a while I figured out that it’s better at sounding smart than being smart. If they ever write about a field you know we’ll you’ll see what I mean.
Maybe it depends on your field a bit. I'm in physics, and a few of their articles on particle physics and quantum computing have really impressed. They hit all of the main points and caveats that almost all other news sources usually miss.
The depth of the reporting also depends on the article. For a particular example, I thought The Economist's article on GPT-3 published in June 2022—before ChatGPT would later be released in November—was particularly good, as the article soberly discussed at length the strengths and weaknesses of large language models, without overhyping the technology (paywall): https://www.economist.com/interactive/briefing/2022/06/11/hu...
However, it's also fair to note that many articles in their weekly issue—often at 600-800 words—just don't have the space to go in-depth enough into an issue, in contrast to a feature in The New Yorker or another long-form magazine like Foreign Affairs.
I've found The Economist to be a useful publication to hear about interesting problems I might otherwise have never heard of, and to read a fact-checked concise overview of a particular topic, before looking for a more in-depth source if there is a motivation to read further into the topic.
However, it's also fair to note that many articles in their weekly issue—often at 600-800 words—just don't have the space to go in-depth enough into an issue, in contrast to a feature in The New Yorker or another long-form magazine like Foreign Affairs.
I've found The Economist to be a useful publication to hear about interesting problems I might otherwise have never heard of, and to read a fact-checked concise overview of a particular topic, before looking for a more in-depth source if there is a motivation to read further into the topic.
I feel that way about Bloomberg Businessweek. There was a time when I was doing a lot of business development work and it seemed I had some insider insight into some story in in every issue. That is, I had been in on a sales call with the people at some company they profiled, or knew some competitors in stealth mode or somebody had told me and my partner more than they should have about what was talked about in some article.
Yes. Though it might be better to say that they are very consistent with their writing style, snobbish attitude, and ideology. Vs. hit-and-miss at times with good, accurate reporting.
https://hedgehogreview.com/
https://www.thenewatlantis.com/
https://thepointmag.com/
https://shop.generalsemantics.org/collections/etc
https://www.analogsea.com/
https://magculture.com/blogs/journal/jonathan-simons-analog-...
https://www.thenewatlantis.com/
https://thepointmag.com/
https://shop.generalsemantics.org/collections/etc
https://www.analogsea.com/
https://magculture.com/blogs/journal/jonathan-simons-analog-...
Just wanted to say that your contributions to HN were missed the last few weeks.
Please, start a blog or something. I mean you don't have to...but, yeah. Thanks.
Please, start a blog or something. I mean you don't have to...but, yeah. Thanks.
Thanks for this, though you must be referring to someone else! I post infrequently and rarely compose full comments here on HN!
Sorry to pile on offtopically, but can you please email me at [email protected]? I want to send you a repost invite.
No, I'm referring to you! I'm the type of guy who can feel full off of 7 cashews, your infrequent and incomplete remarks are similar to those cashews.
Hadn’t seen Noema before, thanks for the pointer - someone already mentioned nautilus, Aeon.co is quite good with a very diverse set of topics, and Hakai (https://hakaimagazine.com/) has some very good environmental writing.
+1 for Hakai, they have a very good podcast too.
Aeon: https://aeon.co/
Nautilus: https://nautil.us/
Nautilus: https://nautil.us/
* https://thepointmag.com/
* https://asteriskmag.com/ - they just published the second issue. I really enjoy the topics covered and the quality of writing.
* https://asteriskmag.com/ - they just published the second issue. I really enjoy the topics covered and the quality of writing.
It's not going to be that relevant to many people here, but there is a longform soccer writing magazine called The Blizzard which is excellent. It's edited by Jonathan Wilson of 'Inverting the Pyramid' fame.
Harper’s magazine is great for general interest (much less pretentious than the New Yorker). One of the oldest magazines in the country.
Noema has some good stuff, although check out their advisory board. So many high profile neoliberal ghouls that the first time I saw it I thought it was a joke. It introduced me to Byung-Chul Han, for which I am forever grateful. Hope they can keep it up since they were hiring for a senior editor for a while there recently…
Noema has some good stuff, although check out their advisory board. So many high profile neoliberal ghouls that the first time I saw it I thought it was a joke. It introduced me to Byung-Chul Han, for which I am forever grateful. Hope they can keep it up since they were hiring for a senior editor for a while there recently…
Symmetry [https://www.symmetrymagazine.org] is quite similar to Quanta.
If you have a tablet, it’s worth checking out the apps PressReader and Libby. I’m not sure if it works in other countries, but in the UK you can login with your local library card number (which you should be able to sign up for online) and get access to lots of free digital copies of printed magazines (and newspapers) including high quality stuff like The Economist
Undark:
https://undark.org/
It's along the lines of Quanta or Nautilus but with more of an investigative type of work, the main goal being bringing under-reported science-adjacent issues to light.
They do have a slightly leftist tilt but it's still mostly professional. I haven't really noticed them doing that thing left-leaning publications do where they act as though some matter of opinion is fact, and can't conceive of counter-arguments. They do a good job investigating all angles, in my experience.
I had the pleasure of accidentally meeting one of their editors for something entirely unrelated, but we did chat about the magazine and I was pretty impressed with her desire for rigor rather than agenda.
https://undark.org/
It's along the lines of Quanta or Nautilus but with more of an investigative type of work, the main goal being bringing under-reported science-adjacent issues to light.
They do have a slightly leftist tilt but it's still mostly professional. I haven't really noticed them doing that thing left-leaning publications do where they act as though some matter of opinion is fact, and can't conceive of counter-arguments. They do a good job investigating all angles, in my experience.
I had the pleasure of accidentally meeting one of their editors for something entirely unrelated, but we did chat about the magazine and I was pretty impressed with her desire for rigor rather than agenda.
https://thinking-about-things.com/ is great, it's one interesting article three times a week. I've learned about a lot of interesting blogs/publications from them.
You should check out the Times Literary Supplement.
Very, very interesting articles. Fiendish crossword.
They don't much cover any technical material, but they cover all kinds of everything else. The reviews are often much better than the original material.
Very, very interesting articles. Fiendish crossword.
They don't much cover any technical material, but they cover all kinds of everything else. The reviews are often much better than the original material.
Outside Online - Long Reads: https://www.outsideonline.com/tag/outside-features/
You seem to be interested in the Slow News Movement! I keep a list of online slow news magazines (including Quanta) here:
https://hung.su/slow-news-movement/
Some magazines that no one has mentioned:
https://worksinprogress.co/
https://pudding.cool/
https://knowablemagazine.org/
https://hung.su/slow-news-movement/
Some magazines that no one has mentioned:
https://worksinprogress.co/
https://pudding.cool/
https://knowablemagazine.org/
Not technical but https://www.themarginalian.org/ is a fabulous online publication.
The magazine has ceased publication, but I really enjoyed reading https://reallifemag.com/.
You can check Refind, they have a good recommendation AI behind their suggested articles and often you can find other magazines to the one's you like!
Foreign Affairs. Its basically where the serious international affairs community (Western) talks to one another. It has a print mag (monthly) with about 8 long form articles, an online version, and an app where you can read the articles offline or have them read out to you. They also run webinars where specialists talk, very interesting.
You wont agree with every writer, but every article is at least thought provoking.
You wont agree with every writer, but every article is at least thought provoking.
I love https://www.themarginalian.org/
(formaly called Brain Pickings)
https://inference-review.com/ but it doesn't publish frequently.
A bit more tech and tech-impact focused, but I've enjoyed https://logicmag.io.
You may also like Emergence Magazine. It's significantly more humanities/culture oriented but similarity wide-ranging and imaginative.
Come to think of it, I think imagination is one of the qualities that makes Quanta so magical. Ostensibly it's a magazine about the interactions of formal and natural sciences, but they're not afraid to include a bold dash of imagination.
Come to think of it, I think imagination is one of the qualities that makes Quanta so magical. Ostensibly it's a magazine about the interactions of formal and natural sciences, but they're not afraid to include a bold dash of imagination.
*intersection
I do not know any magazine worth reading in german. I'm getting Sueddeutsche Magazin but most of it is just boring.
Decades ago I enjoyed Spex, some writers are still around (Diederich Diedrichsen, Dietmar Dath).
Telepolis from Heise Verlag is somewhat boring but not so bad:
https://www.telepolis.de/
Do I miss anything?
Decades ago I enjoyed Spex, some writers are still around (Diederich Diedrichsen, Dietmar Dath).
Telepolis from Heise Verlag is somewhat boring but not so bad:
https://www.telepolis.de/
Do I miss anything?
The podcast Omegatau omegataupodcast.net
They have interviews in german and in (some sort of) english.
Unfortunately, that is the only important one you missed.
They have interviews in german and in (some sort of) english.
Unfortunately, that is the only important one you missed.
I really enjoy Delayed Gratification (https://www.slow-journalism.com/); good breadth of globally diverse news, written a quarter or more after the event, to discuss the long term impact.
You can find many more via https://www.aldaily.com
Yes! Seldom see aldaily mentioned now, but aldaily was for quite a while the best aggregator site for stuff in the general humanity fields.
I still remember vividly reading things from it back in college days and amazed by the quality of the links.
I still remember vividly reading things from it back in college days and amazed by the quality of the links.
A great quality center/independent political view is AmericanAffairs journal, a quarterly: americanaffairs.org
I really enjoy the Resurgence & Ecologist[1]. I also like the IEEE Spectrum[2]
[1] https://www.resurgence.org/
[2] https://spectrum.ieee.org/
[1] https://www.resurgence.org/
[2] https://spectrum.ieee.org/
+1 for IEEE Spectrum. I recently stumbled upon print issue archive from 2010-2012 and was delighted by their coverage of private space flight and 3D printing. To me, Spectrum is an early high-level overview of interesting technology.
Liberties Journal continues to impress me. Culture, Politics, Poetry, good stuff. Leon Wieseltier is the former Literary Editor of the New Republic and is now chief editor of Liberties.
https://libertiesjournal.com/
https://libertiesjournal.com/
Sky and Telescope is fantastic for hobbyist astronomy with only a slightly less scientific bend than Quanta
Just read this, and i think the whole publication is worth of note: https://thecritic.co.uk/putin-shute-and-nukes/
Not specifically science oriented though.
Not specifically science oriented though.
Works in Progress: https://worksinprogress.co/
Most articles are focused on public policy but there is a good spread of topics. Strangely, it was acquired by Stripe last year.
Most articles are focused on public policy but there is a good spread of topics. Strangely, it was acquired by Stripe last year.
Some other thoughtful things I read - https://bigthink.com, https://www.freethink.com, https://positivepsychology.com (written for therapists but helps me see new perspectives), https://www.newscientist.com, https://futurism.com.
Since nobody shared the Quanta URL yet: https://www.quantamagazine.org
I like the New Philosopher magazine.
https://www.newphilosopher.com/
https://www.newphilosopher.com/
logic magazine is wonderful too: https://logicmag.io/
Logic has been absolutely fantastic but they’ve recently switched owners/editors so it may not be the same in the future.
New Scientist (but I read the print version).
IMO, some blogs are of better quality than most magazines.
E.g.
History related: acoup.blog
Physics: backreaction.blogspot.com
E.g.
History related: acoup.blog
Physics: backreaction.blogspot.com
Scott Alexander's blog at https://astralcodexten.substack.com is my favorite intelligent reading material.
For more in the same style, try https://asteriskmag.com/.
For more in the same style, try https://asteriskmag.com/.
massivesci.com
The key differentiator in this digital magazine is that it offers science stories as told by scientists. And that's quite rare in a clickbait-y world.
The key differentiator in this digital magazine is that it offers science stories as told by scientists. And that's quite rare in a clickbait-y world.
am I the only one wondering: why is nobody partnering with these companies to create podcasts out of their content and split the ads revenue?
Libcom.org is a wonderful place. I still benefit from it regularly after 10+ years of reading wide and deep, there. It's not very similar to Quanta though.
We live in a crazy world:
https://libcom.org/article/fiery-anniversary-special-review-...
https://libcom.org/article/fiery-anniversary-special-review-...
At least they're not tankies, I guess.
> The name libcom is an abbreviation of "libertarian communism"
It blows my mind that some people think communism hasn't been tried enough times.
"Yes it failed 999 times before, but THIS flavor of communism will definitely work!"
It blows my mind that some people think communism hasn't been tried enough times.
"Yes it failed 999 times before, but THIS flavor of communism will definitely work!"
At least it does not fuck up a whole planet when it fails - in contrary to capitalism.
lol right, because China and the Soviet Union are wonderful examples of environmentally friendly economic systems /s
> Coal supplied about 55% of China’s total energy consumption in 2021
https://www.eia.gov/international/analysis/country/CHN
> It was one of the fastest decimations of an animal population in world history—and it had happened almost entirely in secret. The Soviet Union was a party to the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, a 1946 treaty that limited countries to a set quota of whales each year. By the time a ban on commercial whaling went into effect, in 1986, the Soviets had reported killing a total of 2,710 humpback whales in the Southern Hemisphere. In fact, the country’s fleets had killed nearly 18 times that many, along with thousands of unreported whales of other species.
> The Soviet whale slaughter followed no such logic. Unlike Norway and Japan, the other major whaling nations of the era, the Soviet Union had little real demand for whale products. Once the blubber was cut away for conversion into oil, the rest of the animal, as often as not, was left in the sea to rot or was thrown into a furnace.
https://psmag.com/social-justice/the-senseless-environment-c...
> Coal supplied about 55% of China’s total energy consumption in 2021
https://www.eia.gov/international/analysis/country/CHN
> It was one of the fastest decimations of an animal population in world history—and it had happened almost entirely in secret. The Soviet Union was a party to the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, a 1946 treaty that limited countries to a set quota of whales each year. By the time a ban on commercial whaling went into effect, in 1986, the Soviets had reported killing a total of 2,710 humpback whales in the Southern Hemisphere. In fact, the country’s fleets had killed nearly 18 times that many, along with thousands of unreported whales of other species.
> The Soviet whale slaughter followed no such logic. Unlike Norway and Japan, the other major whaling nations of the era, the Soviet Union had little real demand for whale products. Once the blubber was cut away for conversion into oil, the rest of the animal, as often as not, was left in the sea to rot or was thrown into a furnace.
https://psmag.com/social-justice/the-senseless-environment-c...
Serving the demand and then imitating the consumism of the capitalists.
I didn't write that 'comunism' is inherently better in the environmental aspect.
At last it is just another ideological idiocy and kakistrocacy.
I didn't write that 'comunism' is inherently better in the environmental aspect.
At last it is just another ideological idiocy and kakistrocacy.
the biggest argument against this is that communist countries still achieve great things in the face of MASSIVE setbacks and sanctions from capitalist countries with lots of power. Yet after an initial period of food insecurity, these nations tend to do great for a while. For example, the CIA reported that the Soviet diet had less calories and was more nutritious than the American diet.
In 1980, the average life expectancy of a man in Russia was 62.5 years. Women about 10 years longer. In other words, less than the average life expectancy of each gender in the US. According to the journal "Alcohol and Alcoholism", the life expectancy improved by a couple of years in the 90s but subsequently fell back to Soviet Union levels. The aggregate life expectancy bottomed out in 2003 (UN Statistics) and has since improved to about 73 (average of men & women). That's #35 on the list of similar countries, trailing countries like Mexico and Iran. The aggregate life expectancy in the US is above 79. These are all from the UN Population Prospects 2022 Report. You can check them yourselves. Finally, are we supposed to trust the CIA?
i don't know why you're all arguing about marxist-leninist state communism in a thread about anarchism. of course it's bad and does not work. that's what the link i shared says.
lol Stalin killed 20 million people through direct executions, the Gulag, and famine, but how bout those yummy nutrients?!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excess_mortality_in_the_Soviet...
I'm sure the millions of Ukrainians who were forcibly starved during the Holodomor really appreciated the low calorie diets supplied by the USSR.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor
Characterizing the forcible starvation of millions as "a period of food insecurity" is peak techie-communism for me. Thanks for the laugh! :)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excess_mortality_in_the_Soviet...
I'm sure the millions of Ukrainians who were forcibly starved during the Holodomor really appreciated the low calorie diets supplied by the USSR.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor
Characterizing the forcible starvation of millions as "a period of food insecurity" is peak techie-communism for me. Thanks for the laugh! :)
Holy commieland
i hope you haven't mistaken it for dreadful state socialism. this is anarchist territory.
What other online magazines do you read?