Excessive Complexity
Will our future be dominated by AI because we have created a world more complex than humans can deal with? Farming is one example where bureaucracy is creating a nightmarishly convoluted planning and reporting.
Tag: 2022 August
Bloody Masks
To wear a mask or not? It’s still a question in New Zealand in August 2022, as opposed to Britain where masks were abandoned months ago. Social stigma vs disease avoidance, the choice is hard.
Media disservice
Are MPs fair game for the media? Should they, or anyone else, be hauled over the coals for a teenage misdemeanour now 22 years in the past? Where is the balance between free press and bullying?
Limits to Growth
50 years ago the ‘Limits to Growth’ report predicted collapse of industrialised society in the 21st century, pointing out that infinite growth isn’t possible on a finite planet. We are exactly on track on their collapse trajectory. Can we rethink and embrace the concept of degrowth?