A recent survey found that 1/4 of young adults in the US had considered suicide in the past 30 days.

More than half have mental disorders.

This may be partially due to isolation from denial of physical contact. I suspect it is also partly due to awareness that global heating disaster is going to turn their lives upside down, and perhaps kill them, before they are old.

*[Some people's] smartphone addiction is costing the Earth.*

The article says "our", to which I respond, "Speak for yourself!"

Does it make sense to "invest" in "natural capital" for a financial profit?

Our society needs to put great efforts into protecting the aspects of nature that we depend on — for instance, to shift to consuming resources sustainably, and clean up those that are poisoned, and to protect those that face the threat of being poisoned. The payoff for society from that will not be financial gain — it will be survival.

However, the idea of making this a private investment for profit presumes a way to capture the benefits as profit for the investment. The articles says nothing about how that might work, but I fear it will cause great trouble.

The difference between people who become rich and people who don't is largely luck. One you have a certain level of talent, it is just chance how successful you are.

The article doesn't look at the moral implications of this, but I think they are the most important aspect. There is no need to let people who succeed get rich from it. What they deserve is a decent life, which is what everyone deserves.

*A former FBI agent has documented links between serving officers and racist militant activities in more than a dozen states.*