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Elevate the human experience.
At least they are using "oil and gas" profits for a much needed service.

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New Mexico is the first state to promise free child care for all families
New Mexico's governor plans to leverage a financial windfall from oil and gas production to bankroll free child care for families of all income levels. Gov.
apnews.com
September 16, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Yes it's oil and it seems like an exemplary model for national resource management:

"In 2016, the Norwegian economy had the highest Human Development Index value in the world... The fund is also known for its strong ethical standards."

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The Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG) in Norway - Centre for Public Impact
centreforpublicimpact.org
July 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Reposted by spacedustpi
"Our self-domestication is just the start of our humanity. We are self-domesticated apes, but more important, we are apes that have invented ourselves." - @kevinkelly.bsky.social longnow.org/ideas/self-d...
The Self-Domesticated Ape
We are apes that have invented ourselves.
longnow.org
April 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Doesn't feel like we are elevating the human experience overall right now. The most needy are suffering, and others will find suffering too in the near future. How can we mitigate and then elevate?
February 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The U.S. Constitution, or any doctrine, is only as good as the people who are willing to uphold it to protect and improve the human condition. I don't know if we are headed in the right direction right now. Can we as private citizens take on this task?
February 17, 2025 at 12:27 AM
True or False and why(?):

"There is nothing natural about poverty, it is a result of policy. - Noam Chomsky
February 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
How do we improve the human condition?
February 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM