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6 Reasons B Corps Are Not Part of a Sustainable Future

At face value, B Corps sound great; but dig a little deeper, and the movement is fundamentally flawed

• Post author:Paul Abela
• Post published:January 9, 2022
• Post category:Environment

Corporations have historically been legally obligated to maximise shareholder value. The environmental or social costs of maximising profits for the benefit of shareholders have been seen as externalities left for society…

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At face value, B Corps sound great; but dig a little deeper, and the movement is fundamentally flawed

How Electricity Has Created an Energy Trap

Humanity is stuck in an energy trap

• Post author:Paul Abela
• Post published:January 2, 2022
• Post category:Environment

Where there was darkness, now there is light. Pictures of the Earth at night are ablaze with a stunning cacophony of lights. This light show is only made possible through electricity,…

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Humanity is stuck in an energy trap

Are the Poor to Blame for Their Poverty?

Inequality is by design, not by choice

• Post author:Paul Abela
• Post published:December 19, 2021
• Post category:Equality

In 2020 global wealth reached $514 trillion, more than enough to provide a high standard of living for every person. And yet, 700 million people live in extreme poverty, earning under…

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Inequality is by design, not by choice

7 Reasons Sustainability Could Trigger a Global Revolution

New ideas have the power to change the world

• Post author:Paul Abela
• Post published:December 12, 2021
• Post category:Society

Ideas have the power to destroy, the power to enlighten, the power to change the entire world. At present, the ideas and beliefs that shape society are destroying the natural world…

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New ideas have the power to change the world

Billionaires are Just as Trapped in the Rat Race as Everyone

Billionaires may be treated like gods but they are motivated by fear

• Post author:Paul Abela
• Post published:December 5, 2021
• Post category:Equality

The rat race. It begins with your alarm jolting you out of deep sleep. You crawl out of bed and wince as you’re blinded by lights your eyes weren’t prepared for.…

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Billionaires may be treated like gods but they are motivated by fear

Why the Cancel Culture Has Become the Thing it Hates the Most

The defenders of tolerance are intolerant of anyone else's views

• Post author:Paul Abela
• Post published:November 28, 2021
• Post category:Society

The philosopher George Santayana once said, “those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” It wasn’t so long ago that the LGBTQ+ community lived in perpetual fear. Fear…

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The defenders of tolerance are intolerant of anyone else's views