‘The Expanse’ is a story about systemic ruin
By Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights
The science fiction noir thriller, "The Expanse," has a lot to say about systemic risks in society and about what not to do about them.
Tag: Technology
The Role of Technology in Addressing the Food Waste Epidemic
By Jessica Anson, Sustainable Food Trust
As traditional distribution systems and supermarkets are slow to address the food waste epidemic, there is growing momentum among a range of new companies to decrease waste by reshaping the food system itself.
Maggie Jackson on ‘Distracted’ and the Fragmentation of Attention
By Rob Hopkins, Rob Hopkins blog
To understand the problems of our day, I realized that I needed to understand how our attention was being fragmented, pulled and pushed by technology’s forces. Attention became the lens through which I began to understand technology.
Dr. Adam Gazzaley: “The Cognition Crisis Reverberates Across all the Crises we Have”
By Rob Hopkins, Rob Hopkins blog
If you don’t value, and you don’t prioritise, having some quiet moments, some pauses in the stream of information that floods into our brains, it diminishes the chances for a lot of creative thought, for making connections between otherwise non-clearly linked events and ideas.
Livin’ the Screen Life: #productsmakemehappy
By John Savage, Local Futures
When I’m at work I’m staring at a screen. When I’m not at work I’m staring at screens. Checking social media. Scrolling through updates. Scrolling through friends. Scrolling through products. Scrolling through #instagram. Scrolling through #amazon. The customer is always right. Make sure that what you’re selling is something that people want to buy.
Navigation
By Clifford Dean Scholz, Green Hand Initiative
Given that within living memory the earth has been home to people who were capable of traversing the Pacific in small watercraft by their wits alone, could it really be that we now need an internet-linked device to navigate our dinner plates? I think I hear the sparrows laughing.
In Praise of Being Disconnected
By Brian Miller, The South Roane Agrarian
Perhaps the saddest accolade of our modern faith is this: “Our world is more interconnected than ever before.” It’s a statement as bold on the first read as it is meaningless on the second, and one that is not only sad but also somewhat horrifying upon further examination. So, exactly what is “more” interconnected, and why are we celebrating?
Team Human Podcast: There’s No App for That, with Richard Heinberg
By Douglas Rushkoff, Richard Heinberg, Team Human
Playing for Team Human today is Post Carbon Institute fellow Richard Heinberg. Richard is the co-author of Our Renewable Future and most recently, the manifesto, There’s No App For That. On today’s show Richard and Douglas challenge the idea that technological “progress” is a panacea for solving systems-level crises like climate change.
The Path We Take
By Brian Miller, South Roane Agrarian
Of course, GPS is a remarkable technological feature. It gets us to a destination without getting lost, without having to wonder where we are. Yet, cocooning ourselves in a cushion of geographical illiteracy also breeds a listless lack of awareness, demanding nothing more from us than an abiding self-interest.
Why Climate Change Isn’t Our Biggest Environmental Problem, and Why Technology Won’t Save Us
By Richard Heinberg, Post Carbon Institute
Our core ecological problem is not climate change. It is overshoot, of which global warming is a symptom. Overshoot is a systemic issue. Until we understand and address this systemic imbalance, symptomatic treatment will constitute an endlessly frustrating round of stopgap measures that are ultimately destined to fail.