Tag Archives: stupid

Why we fail

Posted on May 1, 2013 by

24327 votes for: ‘Keep Dropbox simple. Just make sure it’s fast, robust, multiplatform and bug free. ‘ 59 votes for: ‘Go Green! Run your data centres with renewables!‘ Homo fatuus brutus doesn’t deserve to survive. Meanwhile, in other news… Leave … Continue reading →

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Bee the change

Posted on April 25, 2013 by

Neonicotinoids are pesticides. The last time I checked, bees were not pests. On the contrary, bees are essential to our survival, as they and other insects pollinate the crops upon which we rely for our food. And yet our economic … Continue reading →

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Even the pessimists got it wrong

Posted on March 16, 2013 by

Reblogged from David Robertson: This is one of those “you bunch of bastards” moments. Moments that the people on the right don’t want you to have. It’s not that I’m against people having lots of money, or even a disparity … Continue reading →

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Oblivious to the crash

Posted on February 3, 2013 by

(With thanks to Guy McPherson on TransitionVoice.) From “The Collapse of Western Civilization: A View from the Future” (Daedalus, Winter 2013) by Oreskes and Conway (who you may know from their seminal book Merchants of Doubt): By blocking anticipatory action, … Continue reading →

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Homo fatuus brutus: veni, vidi, abii

Posted on January 30, 2013 by

In the end, entropy always wins. Sometimes, it can be hurried along. On an insignificant speck of rock hurtling along in a vast expanse of nothingness, a thin film of gas nurtures a rare and wondrous thing that has, over … Continue reading →

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The cost of inaction

Posted on January 22, 2013 by

The Scientists for Global Responsibility forum took me in a totally unexpected direction today. What started out as an endorsement of Dr Ben Goldacre’s recent book ‘Bad Pharma’ ended up in the realisation that (as Slavoj Žižek said) It’s easier … Continue reading →

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Flipping the coin

Posted on January 17, 2013 by

I recently read Guy McPherson’s book ‘Walking Away from Empire’. While I do recommend it, Guy is one of those who highlights the stupidity of homo fatuus brutus: here I am, going around trying to turn lights off when they’re … Continue reading →

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Does the denial industry have its teeth in GMO too?

Posted on January 10, 2013 by

I’ve been against the idea of tinkering with genes to create new things for people to eat for some considerable millennia (or so it seems). My objection is quite simple: though they may believe that they are, most humans aren’t … Continue reading →

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Greenpeace - we told you this would happen

Posted on January 5, 2013 by

Reblogged from Lack of Environment: Latest email from Greenpeace: Our greatest fears about Shell’s incompetence in the Arctic are starting to be realised. The Kulluk – Shell’s creaking Arctic oil rig – was being towed back to harbour for maintenance … Continue reading →

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Despite Pleas In Doha, Our Governments Have Failed Us & Our Children

Posted on December 10, 2012 by

Reblogged from 350 or bust: The lead negotiator for the Philippines at the Climate Conference in Doha, Naderev Saño, could not keep back the tears as he made a passionate appeal for real action on climate change. “I appeal to … Continue reading →

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