Digesting disasters AND cool ideas

I take in the day's news.

I notice corporations barreling ahead with abandon, become larger, acquiring more utilities, building more data centers, offering more AI-drive products, engaging children at younger and younger ages.

I see no legislation that protects people or wildlife during the manufacture (mining, smelting, energy consumption, water consumption, making and applying chemicals) or operation (radiation emissions, addiction, energy use, water use) of power plants, computers, Internet and telecom infrastructure, AI or its infrastructure, solar PVs, industrial wind turbines, batteries, e-vehicles or gas-powered vehicles.

Okay. Some schools now ban cell phones. Some countries ban social media.

But daily activities become increasingly hard without an electronic interface. I notice my own increasing time-at-screens.

I think: only crises like power outages, floods, earthquakes, urban fires can slow or stop development of technology or capitalism.

If that's true, then what's constructive use of anyone's attention?

Real sustenance starts with food. That means knowing how to grow, cook and preserve food. Nutrient-dense food starts with nutrient-dense soil and healthy water cycles.

I saw a fantastic video about Ethiopians restoring their region's healthy water cycles and soil. I post it here with a caveat: I'm pretty that the narrator is an AI.

I don't see any benefit to ignoring the disasters in our midst.

I also notice lots of people doing wonderful work.

DISASTERS IN THE MAKING

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