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Future Perfect Archive

Archives for November 2024

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How did Elphaba become wicked? There’s a hidden message people keep missing.How did Elphaba become wicked? There’s a hidden message people keep missing.
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The treatment of animals in the real world is far stranger — and crueler — than in Wicked.

By Sam Delgado
Should we put pig organs in humans? We asked an ethicist.
Podcast
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Xenotransplantation raises major moral questions — and not just about the pigs.

By Mandy Nguyen
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The stunning success of vaccines in America, in one chartThe stunning success of vaccines in America, in one chart
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America, before and after vaccines.

By Dylan Scott
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How to raise kids who give back to the worldHow to raise kids who give back to the world
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Optimism, not despair, is the way to inspire kids to help the future.

By Kelsey Piper
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Giving thanks may make your brain more altruisticGiving thanks may make your brain more altruistic
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Neuroscience is revealing a fascinating link between gratitude and generosity.

By Sigal Samuel
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The case for earning lots of money — and giving lots of it awayThe case for earning lots of money — and giving lots of it away
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How “earn to give” harnesses the engine of capitalism to altruistic ends.

By Kelsey Piper
Climate
Why is it still so hard to breathe in India and Pakistan?Why is it still so hard to breathe in India and Pakistan?
Climate

The world’s worst air pollution is getting worse, but there are concrete ways to fix it.

By Umair Irfan
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Americans are eating less meat. And more meat. How?Americans are eating less meat. And more meat. How?
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The growing chasm in American meat consumption, explained.

By Kenny Torrella
John Green’s crusade to make the world “suck less”
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Tuberculosis is still the world’s top killer. The author has a plan to fight back.

By Dylan Scott
Chef José Andrés knows how to feed people in a crisis
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From Gaza to Asheville to Valencia, the celebrity chef understands

By Izzie Ramirez
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The 2024 Future Perfect 50The 2024 Future Perfect 50
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Welcome to our third annual celebration of the thinkers, innovators, and changemakers who are working to make the future a better place.

By Bryan Walsh and Izzie Ramirez
What would a world with abundant energy look like? Materials scientist Deb Chachra has an idea.
Future Perfect

The “How Infrastructure Works” author wants us to envision achievable utopias.

By Izzie Ramirez
Only 1 percent of neuroscience faculty is Black. Kaela Singleton hopes to change that.
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Whatever you do, don’t call the Black in Neuro founder “resilient.”

By Celia Ford
Neuroscientist Rafael Yuste could play your brain like an instrument. He wants to protect it instead.
Future Perfect

Your brain needs new rights. He’s fighting to secure them.

By Sigal Samuel
Shannon Vallor says AI does present an existential risk — but not the one you think
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AI is not a “stochastic parrot,” It’s a mirror, says the philosopher.

By Sigal Samuel