Biodiversity

We cannot Conserve Biodiversity that we don’t Know

“Biodiversity is nature itself – all living creatures and plants, and the ecosystems of which they form part. It is not only very important as a source of food, medicines, and natural resources, but also has great spiritual, cultural, and aesthetic significance.” Surprisingly, this isn’t the statement of a biologist or an environmental activist; it’s […]

Fix poverty and the environment will fix itself

I first read about Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) in Matt Ridley’s book the Rational Optimist. I was impressed. The correlation between per capta income and quality of the environment was a definitive argument of the environmental footprint of poverty that I, being born in Rio, have always known of. Poor land use, lousy water and energy […]

The Bitcoin Flavor

How does bitcoin taste? I’m a biotech scientist and a bitcoin enthusiast. For quite some time now I’ve been wanting to get more involved in the bitcoin movement in other ways that are not hodling but how could a biotech scientist contribute to it? After listening to Mike’s interview in the Pomp Podcast and learning […]