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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
“If a child learns to love a forest, does that matter more or less than a scientist finding a fix for plastic?”
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A future I love is more village than city.
Perhaps there's a sci-fi version here where humans become much much better at cities, but the version I like at the moment is Village 2.0. I want to keep networked, light-speed global communication, so knowledge can continue to evolve, enrich, and compound.... Looks like H2 gas dissolved in water. Here’s a literature review: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10816294/.
What cool new technologies are you seeing emerge? How do we know we can trust them?
Curious about all, but I'd especially love to see non-AI versions, like: New batteries for solar: storing heat in big piles of dirt A while back Tommy mentioned cowfart backpacks Maybe it's something old for you, but we're not in your field so we don't know about it yet Even... - tommy...
The pros/cons of alarmism are interesting. I think that if the argument is framed as "global warming is fake" or "it’s too late we’re fucked", the reaction is the same: indifference, inaction.... Global Warming as a natural phenomenon
I grew up in West Texas with a geologist Dad who supported our family with a career in the oil industry. This has always led to some dissonance for me re: global warming and environmental stakes generally.... A More Humble Humanity
There are moments in our lives where we harmonize with the things that are around us. It happens when what truly matters to us individually finds its way into the deepest layer of our core being. Softly it whispers to the soul, signaling a connection to humanity.... I don’t understand why we can’t get health and ecology into alignment. It seems like there’s a ton of room to figure out how to best make food that’s good for us that can feed everybody that makes the soil healthy.... I’d love to hear more about this. Seems like a few of yall all were able to admit worry about microplatics. My wife is also worried about this, and has replaced all our kids’ plastic dishware with either metal or glass.... An El Nino Such as We’ve Never Seen Before...
El Nino 2026 The Strongest Event in Living Memory Forecasts show this heat building further. Scientists declare El Nino when those temperatures stay at least 0.5 degrees above average for months. This event already cleared that mark months ago.... One Word: Physics More words: The Laws of Thermodynamics trump Trump and all anti-science claimants. Dynamic Equilibrium. No economic system can exceed finite resources or violate the laws of nature, i.e., the laws of physics. Contrary to common belief.... - candyISdandy...
So far, WAR is entirely destructive and humans can't help themselves but to be power motivated. 100 million Tons of chemical warfare agents dumped into the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and even some in the Baltic and Norwegian regions.... Left out the Author: By Shera JoyCry (pen name), Certified Relateful Facilitator and Relateful Coach with The Relateful Company; former chemical engineer and nonprofit ecologist with degrees in Chemistry and Applied Ecology; NLP Practitioner and Hypnotherapist; yoga teacher and... - Eric Stevens...
Stop Debating Outcomes. Start Replacing Inputs.
We talk about systems like they are ideas. They are not. Every economic system is built on a small set of physical inputs. Commodities. Materials. Things that get dug up, grown, refined, shipped, and standardized. Whoever controls those inputs controls everything downstream.... - Sunnie19...
I agree. Humanity relies on life, life depends upon the order of nature, and nature itself rests upon the harmony of the higher laws - the rhythms of causality, vibration, and polarity that hold the Universe in motion....