Reith lecture this morning on the commute Albert kicked the snowdrift outside the old server farmand muttered that the machines had finally learnedto gossip worse than people.Marin just shrugged — she’d known that for years. The platforms weren’t evil, she said,just overeager dogs chasing whatever smellwas strongest: fear, envy, loneliness,that sickly-sweet scent of validation going… Continue reading Ethically suspects
Tag: technology
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
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
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
Convo nr.2
You Joan? HSE4.0 AI Assistant Yes, how may I assist you regarding Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) matters? You of arc HSE4.0 AI Assistant It seems like you're referring to Joan of Arc, which is historical topic. As a HSE safety assistant, I mainly focus on answering questions and providing advice concerned with health, safety, and environmental… Continue reading Convo nr.2
Carbon credits
I told him "buy some land in Eastern Ukraine". "You can reforest the shit out of it in 10 years’ time, already cleared and nicely fertilised" He reckoned there was some risk about ownership.., "if it ends up in the EU it won't be eligible under the Mechansim anyhow". "Nah, better off planting Eucalypts in… Continue reading Carbon credits
Chatbots
A future post about how the value of information degrades through selection, Asimovish, that is that they told you you were, or would be, better off if you supported the effort, then Orwellian, everything they said was thought to be truth because it reflected exactly the beliefs one had sought/searched to be assured of. Having… Continue reading Chatbots
Asset inflation
Asset inflation has recently been repeated all over the world since the US Fed and other banks started printing money in 2008-9, nor is this a new problem but rather inherent to the private property paradigm. The simple truth within the paradigm is that policies with significant social or environmental value will not be supported… Continue reading Asset inflation
Does everybody know?
Everybody knows the scene is deadBut there's gonna be a meter on your bedThat will discloseWhat everybody knows We can see it coming, feel it working, approve our genius in harnessing it to do work, especially now as the cold northern winter or the (increasingly) warm southern summer approaches. In our general theory of evolution,… Continue reading Does everybody know?
Ceteris Paribus 