The dismal science and the climate challenge
The Paris summit marked the culmination of decades of climate-related worry, but there was a strange absence of binding commitments – not least because these were seen as a potential limitation to future economic growth. In releasing the now-famous Stern Review, Lord Nicholas Stern said that “climate change is the result of the greatest market…
Is Ignorance Really a Bliss?
It is around 2:32 AM and as I light my late night cigarette after a hard nights studying for an upcoming exam, hearing the tobacco crackle as I inhale, I can not help but catching myself genuinely complaining about school and how sick and tired of it I am. I inhale an extra big whiff,…
Är mental ohälsa “inne”?
Nådiga Lundtan besökte i oktober Studentafton på AF-Borgen där Ann Heberlein var huvudgästen för kvällens samtal om mental ohälsa. ”Vem vill inte vara som Sylvia Plath, Virginia Woolf eller Mikael Persbrandt”, säger Ann Heberlein och syftar på att bipolär sjukdom glamouriserats på sista tiden. Hon påpekar att sjukdomen inte alls anses lika glamourös för sjuksköterskan i…
Who Threatened Lund University?
Usually Jodel, an app similar to Twitter, is filled with drunken regret, anxiety for upcoming exams and other parts of a student’s life, but not on the 11th of October. On the 11th of October someone posted a message on Jodel warning people of going to Lund university and instead watch the news. The threat,…
The monkeysphere – the reason for the injustice in our society?
It is suggested that the human brain is only capable of maintaining meaningful relationships with a limited amount of people. Anyone outside of our personal monkeysphere are just one-dimensioned characters who we cannot conceptualize as people. This basically goes for the rest of the 99.99 % of the world’s population that are not included in…
