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Adam Dorr @adamdorr.bsky.social · 1d

You're muddying the waters by conflating aggregate wealth ("make everyone poorer") with distributional equity - standard degrowth confusion, which I address in the book, but if you want the details you'll have to buy it! 🤣

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Adam Dorr @adamdorr.bsky.social · 1d

Laughably ignorant nonsense. If that rubbish were true, goods and services plus all human development indicators would be greater/better in the past prior to "capitalism".

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Adam Dorr @adamdorr.bsky.social · 2d

Nevermind...

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Adam Dorr @adamdorr.bsky.social · 2d

Simple, obvious, and non-controversial:

Availability+accessibility of goods&services ==> measurable outcomes in health, literacy, life expectancy, infant/child/maternal mortality, self-reported happiness, etc. (e.g. HDI metrics).

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Adam Dorr @adamdorr.bsky.social · 2d

PhD at UCLA under Suzanna Hecht, a cofounder of the field of political ecology. Dissertation fields were political ecology, ecological economics, environmental justice. Degrowth promises the moon, but in reality absolutely makes everyone poorer. Just one reason why it is a truly terrible idea.

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Adam Dorr @adamdorr.bsky.social · 3d

The Degrowth Delusion is out today!

“One of the most important books I’ve read in a decade at least. It’s a very long time since I read a book in just one day. That’s how good it is.” -- Mark Lynas

www.amazon.com/dp/B0FTMB4T8Z

The Degrowth Delusion: Dispelling One of History's Truly Terrible Ideas

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Adam Dorr @adamdorr.bsky.social · 7d

Launching on Monday, October 13:

www.amazon.com/Degrowth-Del...

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Adam Dorr @adamdorr.bsky.social · Jul 9

New interview of mine in @theguardian.com about AI, robots, and the disruption of human labor - perils and promise both:

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Futurist Adam Dorr on how robots will take our jobs: ‘We don’t have long to get ready – it’s going to be tumultuous’

Researcher says tech could replace nearly all human labour within 20 years and societies urgently need to prepare

www.theguardian.com

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Adam Dorr @adamdorr.bsky.social · Jun 4

I'm seeing a resurgence in climate change fear-mongering this week, centered on scenarios out to 2100 (!)🤣 🤦‍♂️ Climate change is real and a major challenge, but conventional @ipcc.bsky.social scenarios are technologically illiterate garbage. Here's why:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qfh8...

Brighter | Episode 5 - Why understanding disruption matters

YouTube video by RethinkX

www.youtube.com

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Adam Dorr @adamdorr.bsky.social · May 17

RethinkX's groundbreaking new report 'Understanding Stellar Energy' is out now hubs.li/Q03mVSPV0

Understanding Stellar Energy (2025) (English)

Discover RethinkX's latest energy report, and how 100% clean electricity from solar, wind, and batteries can transform the energy sector by 2030, making it more affordable and sustainable worldwide.

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Adam Dorr @adamdorr.bsky.social · Mar 14

Stop panicking. Can you even tell from global emissions data which US administration was in power over the last 75 years?The world will continue building and buying enormous amounts of solar and EVs, regardless of what happens in Washington. Technology and markets solve climate change, not policy.

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Adam Dorr @adamdorr.bsky.social · Mar 6

For 15 years, my friends and colleagues across the environmental disciplines said AI and robots were "just science fiction" that would take "decades, if ever" to arrive. Funny I don't hear that anymore.

How does that crow taste? 🤣

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Adam Dorr @adamdorr.bsky.social · Feb 10

"Each sheet of A4 paper takes 10 liters of water to make". lol, no. That would mean the global paper industry uses 3x more water than the entire United States economy!

We need to get these things right, or the public will rightly dismiss our environmental concerns as unhinged.

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Adam Dorr @adamdorr.bsky.social · Feb 8

Wondering whether AI will be good or back for climate change? Or how robots are a cornerstone for solving our environmental problems? Here you go:

www.amazon.com/Brighter-Opt...

Brighter: Optimism, Progress, and the Future of Environmentalism

Buy Brighter: Optimism, Progress, and the Future of Environmentalism on Amazon.com ✓ FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders

www.amazon.com

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Adam Dorr @adamdorr.bsky.social · Feb 5

🤣 👍

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Adam Dorr @adamdorr.bsky.social · Dec 24

With #climate there is massive over-attribution of causal power to US politics and policy. Biden, Trump, Democrat, Republican, Liberal, Conservative - doesn't matter. The differences in outcomes are rounding errors. #Technology, not policy, solves climate change.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX9N...

Brighter | Episode 8 - How to solve climate change with disruption

YouTube video by RethinkX

www.youtube.com

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Adam Dorr @adamdorr.bsky.social · Jan 20

Relax. Everything will be fine. Two things matter more than anything else: 1) avoid violent conflict, 2) make technological progress. That’s the cake. The rest is icing. Don’t lose sight of what’s most important.

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Adam Dorr @adamdorr.bsky.social · Jan 14

Crazy to see so many folks in a lather about AI and energy use. It’s pure nothingburger. Energy use will rise and virtually ALL of it will come from solar+wind+batteries. Everything else - gas, nuclear, hydrogen - will be a rounding error. Meanwhile, emissions will plummet. Stop panicking.

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Adam Dorr @adamdorr.bsky.social · Dec 24

With #climate there is massive over-attribution of causal power to US politics and policy. Biden, Trump, Democrat, Republican, Liberal, Conservative - doesn't matter. The differences in outcomes are rounding errors. #Technology, not policy, solves climate change.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX9N...

Brighter | Episode 8 - How to solve climate change with disruption

YouTube video by RethinkX

www.youtube.com

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Adam Dorr @adamdorr.bsky.social · Dec 22

It's not too late to give something uplifting for the holidays!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DNBKYR1G
www.amazon.com/Brighter-Opt...

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RethinkX @rethinkx.com · Dec 17

Humanoid robots won’t just displace human jobs.. they will create an entirely new, vastly larger and more capable labor system 🌎 🤖 🚀

Read RethinkX's Top 15 Insights into the Inevitable Humanoid Robotics Disruption... www.rethinkx.com/labor/in-dep...

15 RethinkX Robotics Insights | RethinkX

Discover 15 insights on how humanoid robotics will revolutionize labor across all sectors in the next 15-20 years. Explore the inevitable disruption, new labor systems, and the rise of productivity.

www.rethinkx.com

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Adam Dorr @adamdorr.bsky.social · Dec 14

False assumptions about ecological restoration are built into the overshoot logic taught to undergrads. Using standard bathtub analogy: falsely assumes fixed tub size, no pumping, etc. Sorry, too busy to debunk the entire Degrowth orthodoxy today. See my book and video series for details.

Adam Dorr @adamdorr.bsky.social · Dec 14

Degrowth is an idea too bankrupt to be salvaged or accommodated or appeased. It's like thinking slavery is a way to handle labor shortages. Just, no.

Adam Dorr @adamdorr.bsky.social · Dec 13

Some days it's just too exhausting to deal with the sheer *wrongness* of the Doomer and Degrowther narratives around climate change and sustainability. If you're tired of all the fact-free pessimism and are hungry for some data-driven optimism for the holidays: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeQT...

Brighter | Episode 11 - Doing 'less' is not a solution

YouTube video by RethinkX

www.youtube.com

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Adam Dorr @adamdorr.bsky.social · Dec 12

😄If you can, please leave a rating and review on Amazon or Goodreads! The algorithms won't recommend it until it gets to about 50 reviews!

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