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How to Fix Climate Change (A Sneaky Policy Guide) Climate change is a planetary emergency. We have to do something now â but what? Saul Griffith, an inventor and renewable electricity advocate (and a recipient of a MacArthur "genius" grant), has a plan. In his book "Electrify," Griffith lays out a detailed blueprint for fighting climate change while creating millions of new jobs and a healthier environment. Griffith's plan can be summed up simply: Electrify everything. He explains exactly what it would take to transform our infrastructure, update our grid, and adapt our households to make this possible. Billionaires may contemplate escaping our worn-out planet on a private rocket ship to Mars, but the rest of us, Griffith says, will stay and fight for the future.
"I want readers to be able to understand the main arguments of this book without getting stuck in too many details," he writes in one of the book's appendices, excerpted below. "Here, I will try to offer you dinner party-ready talking points for the main questions that people will inevitably have for the main argument of the book. Each topic is worthy of a book in itself. If I dispose of a favorite baby of yours too quickly here, or you think I have it all ass-backward, then we should grab a beer sometime."âThe Editors
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WorkWorkThoma Bravo agrees to acquire digital forensics firm Magnet Forensics for over $1BFor Thoma Bravo, which now has an estimated more than $114 billion in assets under management, Magnet Forensics is the latest in a series of high-profile software venture purchases. In 2022, the firm spent billions of dollars buying cybersecurity startups Ping Identity, Sailpoint, ForgeRock, Bottomline Technologies and Coupa Software. WorkWork4 investors discuss the next big wave for alternative seafood startupsWe have strong indications that FDA clearance is coming, and that will tick a big box for institutional and later-stage investors. Once this is behind us, it will be about who is in the market showing traction and producing a product at a price point that makes a compelling business case. WorkGoodOnes raises to help make sense of your mess of a camera roll“With the creation of mobile platforms, we ended up delivering powerful computers, digital cameras and streaming devices in everyone’s pocket – we could never have anticipated the volume of new content that would be created,” Rich Miner, who co-founded Android, and is an angel investor in GoodOnes’ round, said in a statement. “GoodOnes brings powerful curation to the deluge of photos we’ve all come to accumulate. I’m very excited about this tool & tech, which is why I was thrilled to invest.” WorkWhy international DFIs are looking to African startups to scale impact investing effortsUsually deploying capital from national or international development funds, DFIs back development and private-sector projects in less industrialized economies to promote job creation and sustainable economic growth. 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