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by ambientenv 4y ago
It feels, to me anyway, that until the incentives are less about making a (short-term and relatively immediate) profit for a select and limited number of people/eintities and more about the long term health of the planet and its inhabi
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by ambientenv 4y ago
Exactly this. Talk to them. At length. Take them out for walks and runs. Let them explore and sniff and meet other dogs. Let them chase a ball or a stick. Hide a treat and let them find it. Cuddle them. Oh, but wait. That requires work and
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by ambientenv 4y ago
Agree on the intelligence part. What it does have now, and at an increasing scale, is influence. So even if there is not, in the strict definition, intelligence behind the words, do not underestimate it's impact, both positive and neg
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Humanity’s Soul: Life or Growth?(youtube.com)
1 points by ambientenv 4y ago|0 comments
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by ambientenv 4y ago
"a lot of the friction" can be something that keeps us from sliding down a slippery slope into a quagmire beyond our control.
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by ambientenv 4y ago
I've been following Peter Zeihan for a short while now, and am in the midst of reading his latest book. He writes reasonably well and can usually present convincing data and behavioural patterns to support his arguments. I do, however,
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by ambientenv 4y ago
What if the market, often times a manifestation of social and cultural greed and ignorance (and acquiescence and conformity and manipulation), is wrong? What if the market, which has fundamentally brought us to the brink upon which we find
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by ambientenv 4y ago
I see a lot of interesting but fundamentally incorrect comments here, likely reflective of an "intuitive" understanding of globalization, something I, myself, would have shared until quite recently. My two cents on this is, if yo
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by ambientenv 4y ago
Fair point. Thanks. Perhaps I should have added, "that is not mired in controversy, misinformation and fear."
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by ambientenv 4y ago
This feels like a very privileged VC tech-centric from inside the bubble view of things, though I am admittedly no expert and left the tech world (for the most part) in 2010 - telecom and IT. There are many things that keep my over-active m
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by ambientenv 4y ago
It's absolutely a problem - energy blindness [1] - and it is intricately intertwined, along with much more, in the domain of geopolitics [2], something of which recently I've come to have a better and deeper understanding. [1] -
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by ambientenv 4y ago
"I suspect it's one of the hardest problems to solve in any universe" ... and yet solve it we must. I feel it will begin with a new enlightenment which will be thrust upon us as our survival becomes increasingly threatened an
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by ambientenv 4y ago
"as to what would work" ... that's because we, the collective we, have not spent any sincere time and effort to find other ways. Capitalism in it's various incarnations and disguises has worked extremely well for just t
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World Cup '22 and camel pageant increase risk of MERS-CoV global spread(thelancet.com)
1 points by ambientenv 4y ago|0 comments
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by ambientenv 4y ago
Like many folks, I suppose, I thought I had a reasonable layman's grasp of globalization. Turns out it was mostly superficial. I'm currently reading "The End of the World is Just the Beginning" by Peter Zeihan [1] and it
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Politicians and economists talk about growth yet few discuss doubling time(postcarbon.org)
3 points by ambientenv 4y ago|0 comments
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by ambientenv 4y ago
I wish I could recall (or find) the precise quote, but I do believe it was Mark Twain that said something like, "we are destined to outsmart ourselves.". No doubt we are a clever and creative species willing to tackle the thornies
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by ambientenv 4y ago
Emotional empathy may be relatively prevalent in the world (though sometimes it is more in the virtue signalling domain) but true cognitive empathy is rare and very much needed in abundance if we wish to continue to thrive as a humanity.
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The Cult of Civilization(dothemath.ucsd.edu)
3 points by ambientenv 4y ago|1 comments
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How Stewart Made Tucker(thenewatlantis.com)
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by ambientenv 4y ago
Apparently, kids aren’t going to college anymore.
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Girls in Yoga Pants Explain the Higher Education Apocalypse(jessicawildfire.substack.com)
91 points by ambientenv 4y ago|132 comments
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by ambientenv 4y ago
Two thoughts come to mind ... [1] Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance [2] Shop Class as Soul Craft Huge impact for me over my decades here. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen_and_the_Art_of_Motorcycle_... [2]
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by ambientenv 4y ago
I believe this is mostly true. When we - the broad-brush, general "we" - try so hard to vilify others, I find myself questioning the motives for doing so and it often appears to be self-serving. Looking carefully at the crises un
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by ambientenv 4y ago
From Matt Taibbi's interview with Christopher Leonard [1]: "But the 1% of Americans who own 40% of all the assets just get tremendous gains before that first job is created for the middle class. And so these policies dramatically
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by ambientenv 4y ago
Matt's interview with the author, Christopher Leonard [1] [1] https://taibbi.substack.com/p/interview-christopher-leonard-...
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The Energy of Nations – Energy blindness is leading to policy blunder(quillette.com)
3 points by ambientenv 4y ago|2 comments
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by ambientenv 4y ago
Exactly. And I don't think people, in general, have wrapped their heads around what is truly unfolding right in front of us in terms of availability of cheap, accessible high density energy and the increasing impacts of the climate cr
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Kris De Decker: “Low Tech: What, Why and How” [audio](resilience.org)
4 points by ambientenv 4y ago|0 comments
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by ambientenv 4y ago
Came here to mention the interview by Nate and am happy to see you did. In addition, and on a similar conceptual basis, I'd recommend: The Great Simplification [1] The Century of the Self [2] Can't Get You Out of My Head [3] The R

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