> Where is the hacker spirit? Where are the builders? The builders? Of technology, you mean? Why, you can see their hand in all the technological advances that

> Where is the hacker spirit? Where are the builders? The builders? Of technology, you mean? Why, you can see their hand in all the technological advances that have caused the loss of habitat that the article flags up as the most likely driving factor for the decline of bird populations. The article mentions "intensification" of agriculture. That's the abuse of technology to increase production yields. That's the culprit, right there. Your builders and your hackers are the ones chiefly responsible for the mess we're in, because of course that famous hacker mentality makes no space for any considerations of long-term safety and sustainability of economies or the environment. It's just a blind, magical belief in technology as something that can never go wrong, that can never destroy and harm, anyone. The damage to the environment that was caused by abuse of technology in the first place is not going to be addressed by creating even more technology. You want a solution? Less technology, fewer machines, less burning of fossil fuels, less use of pesticides, less deforestation, less soil depletion by ever intensifying agriculture. That is the solution. And it is blindingly obvious.