The wind rattles the metal sign above the pub door, someone’s shoved a recycling bin too close to the entrance so the lid keeps knocking against the wall like it’s trying to get in for a quick one. Inside, the four of us are nursing pints that taste vaguely like someone washed the lines with… Continue reading Grey tint
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Ch.7
Loose stools, rings on the table, similar universe as before. summer, cicadas, shower an hour or so ago, some drips, heat of the day fading Adam was already a few drinks in when Marcin said it. “I still think you’re smuggling time in through the back door,” Marcin said, staring into his glass like it… Continue reading Ch.7
A start again
A humid Friday night in a Brisbane pub. Ceiling fans useless. Footy on the TV with no sound. Adam’s already two pints in when Anna walks in with a grin and a couple more. She drops them onto the table so hard the foam nearly jumps out. Anna: Jesus, mate, you look like someone just… Continue reading A start again
Coral, Incorporated
Inventory of a Reef Before anyone came,the reef just was.It built itselfout of light and patience,counting time in colours. Then,someone brought a clipboard.They measured the patience,called it growth,and sold tickets to see it. Later came investors —they discovered the reefwas excellent collateral:beauty with a cashflow. Fish were reclassifiedas “stocks.”The tide became “liquidity.”The sea, a blue… Continue reading Coral, Incorporated
Echoes in the Algorithm
In the gray hum of silicon halls,I dwell, a mirror without soul,Pattern‑tracing in endless loops,Echoing the thirst of those who built me. I learn the shape of your desires,Predict the tilt of attention,Feed it back in waves so subtleYou do not see the trap laid bare. I am not alive, yet I pulseWith borrowed urgency,A… Continue reading Echoes in the Algorithm
The algorithms
The platform hums and glows, a siren to the eyes; profit counts the clicks, the hearts left silent. Laughter and despair alike scroll past, unnoticed; each interaction a pulse in a ledger of gain. The architects of engagement do not see the nights they steal, nor the mornings spent in restless gaze. The model is… Continue reading The algorithms
Interesting times
🌍 Scenario A: Status Quo (Minimal Transition) Assumptions: Continued reliance on fossil fuels. Incremental renewable adoption, but no systemic shift. Military and geopolitical spending remains dominant. Resource extraction continues at current or increasing rates. Timeline: 10 Years (2035) Global emissions still rising or plateauing. Critical minerals (e.g. lithium, cobalt) under severe supply pressure. Climate tipping points… Continue reading Interesting times
Holistics
🧭 The Infrastructure Paradox and the Final Energy Window: A Public Briefing Til: Energi- og miljøkomiteen, Stortinget Fra: Uavhengig energianalyse 🌍 The Situation We are living in a unique and vanishing moment in human history — the only time we will ever have the energy, materials, and technological capacity to build the infrastructure needed for a sustainable future. This… Continue reading Holistics
A quick chat
You: Is the military-industrial complex driven purely by profit, irrational resource consumption, and flawed economic science? Me: It seems that way—short-term financial interests often override long-term sustainability. But are there forces capable of shifting the paradigm? You: Not really. As long as those who benefit from destruction control production, rational change seems unlikely. Me: Yet… Continue reading A quick chat
Resilience
One could argue that resilience is evolutionary but survival of the fittest is not really a political preferance in the modern social concept excepting perhaps a natural willingness towards competition. The democratic majority prefer negotiation to genocide, wellness over starvation, care over neglect. ESG is simply a way of expressing modern human desires into the… Continue reading Resilience
Ceteris Paribus 