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The Influence You Have

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The Influence You Have

6/28/21 by Hidden Brain

Web player: https://podcastaddict.com/episode/125046997
Episode: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/chrt.fm/track/21283G/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/aaea4e69-af51-495e-afc9-a9760146922b/d2c4e775-99ce-4c17-b04c-ac380133d68c/7b317d29-47a7-40a1-bfe9-ad55013d10f1/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=2c6993d0-eac8-4252-8c4e-ac380133d69a

Think about the last time you asked someone for something. Maybe you were nervous or worried about what the person would think of you. Chances are that you didn’t stop to think about the pressure you were exerting on that person. This week, we revisit a favorite episode about a phenomenon known as “egocentric bias,” and look at how this bias can lead us astray.

NPR

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Court Rules In Alabama’s Census Case Over Redistricting Data, Privacy : NPR

A three-judge court has rejected Alabama's request to force the U.S. Census Bureau to move up the release of 2020 census redistricting data. The federal judges have also allowed the bureau to continue plans for a new way of keeping people's census information confidential.

The ruling is expected to be appealed directly to the U.S. Supreme Court, setting up the next major legal battle at the high court involving last year's national head count and adding another layer of uncertainty to when the redrawing of voting districts around the country using 2020 census data can begin.

After 15 months of everything being closed, masked up, and just generally werid, I am at the library working down at my laptop for the first time in literally over an year after work

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After 15 months of everything being closed, masked up, and just generally werid, I am at the library working down at my laptop for the first time in literally over an year after work. While I didn’t go downtown to work today, I am certainly enjoying the nice cool air at the library tonight.

When do electric vehicles become cleaner than gasoline cars? | Reuters

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Analysis: When do electric vehicles become cleaner than gasoline cars? | Reuters

I think this analysis ignores that most coal power plants are located in remote areas, often on high ridges outside of polluted air basins unlike gasoline automobiles. Moreover, natural gas power plants put far fewer traditional emissions than gasoline engines on a per mile basis. Electric cars don't have tailpipe emissions. 

I think the national obsession over climate change is unhealthy, when we should be more concerned about controlling urban emissions in air basins that significantly out of compliance. Climate change emissions have the lowest impact on the environment compared to nearly any other form of pollution.