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SPONSOR MESSAGE

Seeking positive

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WHAT YOU

SAID ABOUT ...

TIME 2030 Debuting in the Feb. 1/Feb. 8

issue, TIME’s new decade-long initia-

tive exploring global progress for a post-

COVID-19 world left readers looking

forward—and back. Isaac Talmaciu of

North Miami Beach, Fla., wrote of feel-

ing “hopeful and optimistic about the

world’s future for the fi rst time in a very

long time,” while Edmond Melkomian of

Columbia, S.C., said he’s “not that opti-

mistic” society will radically change by

2030, noting that experts have been talk-

ing about climate change for decades,

“and nothing has been done.”

In particular, readers devoured Char-

lie Campbell’s feature on China’s boom-

ing plant-based-protein industry. “It’s

heartening to see this tragic truth pen-

etrating the collective at last,” wrote

‘Substantive

and well

written,

off ering

valuable

insights for

our troubled

world.’

JANE MCKINLAY,

New Orleans

Stephanie Bell, a self-declared “ethical

vegan” in SeaTac, Wash., of what’s been

called the animal-industrial complex,

although Alois F. Kertz of St. Louis ar-

gued the story should have off ered more

details on nutrients in meat not found

in plant-based alternatives. And Ingrid

E. Newkirk, president of People for the

Ethical Treatment of Animals, called for

the U.S. to take note: “As China leads

the charge toward a sustainable vegan

planet, the U.S. would be wise to show

that we, too, are capable of creating a di-

etary revolution.”

Judith B. Hutchinson of Wenatchee,

Wash., said she hoped the issue would

inspire fresh thinking from young

people. “As a late-stage octogenarian,

I thank you for your coverage... and

for helping other generations, like the

millennials, as we consider options for

actions in this [next] decade.”

Conversation

SETTING

THE RECORD

STRAIGHT▶

In the Feb. 1/Feb. 8

issue, the profi le of

theologian Russell

Moore misstated the

circumstances

around an

investigation

into the

Southern Baptist

Convention’s Ethics

and Religious

Liberty

Commission in

2020. It occurred
      after reports
      that churches
      had withheld
      donations, but the
      number of churches
      that may have
      withheld donations
      remains unclear.