🔮 In 2021, the Anthropocene prophecy of The Adaptive Economy is materializing

The Adaptive Economy analysis on the Anthropocene's climate news of this month, Stripe’s banking platform & Sequoia’s Black Swan predictions; Dollar longevity; talking trees & bionic soldiers

Hi, I’m Djoann Fal. I convene The Adaptive Economy to help us understand how our societies and political economy will change under the force of rapidly accelerating technologies.

Climate Tech: 2021 & The near future

🤴 It seems like supporting global industrial manufacturing to become carbon neutral is paying high! After a historical 743.1% Stock Value Growth for Tesla in 2020, Elon must become the richest man in the world, supplanting Jeff Besos. It seems like trying to solve humanity's climate change & other challenges are paying high! Welcome to The Adaptive Economy!

🌍 New evidence indicates that the Anthropocene has truly arrived. The combined mass of human-made objects now exceeds the mass of natural objects on Earth, according to Emily Elhacham and colleagues. The mass of plastic, at 8Gt, is double that of animals.

👍 Matt Stoller says the antitrust cases against Facebook and Google show that we’re entering a new era of policymakers’ approach to big tech: “America is learning to go…