@charliesc00
Retired professor of psychiatry concerned about the fragile future of our ecosystem and civilization. "Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced." James Baldwin #polycrisis #collapse
This kind of resistance/protest is low hanging fruit and not really what Democrats need to focus on. What happened to the focus on reviving democracy, which was on life support before 2015? Lessig (after Ralph Nader) was someone who warned us about corporate takeover of our government.
Therefore we must capture Greenland to better exploit all this new open sea! [sarcasm]
Satire has various meanings and applications. Maybe “dark humor” fits, but either way the best humor shines a light on truth and exposes corruption and stupidity.
I enjoy satire. I made a satirical music video based on Leonard Cohen’s song “The Future.” (Although AI assisted, I wrote the song and designed/edited the video): open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
There is a market for high(er) quality journalism, but relatively small. Many people I know, young and old, much prefer “happy” entertainment and distraction to either of the options you mention. I subscribe to you, Tangle, New Yorker, Atlantic, etc. But without the word games NYTimes would suffer.
This is sad, but does anyone else see it as a metaphor for the “civilization” we have created? youtube.com/shorts/Rsaak...
Where is RFK Jr on microplastics?
I watched “Pluribus” season 1 - thought provoking and funny. Well done.
I identify with this: "Incapable of lying or pretending, she just manages to stop herself before detailing a horrible future, the horrible future that they will have to survive -- only to prompt responses from her kids that are somehow as perceptive as they are fresh and untutored."
I think you’ll enjoy this music video: open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
Full Speed, Full Speed. My updated version of “The Future” (Leonard Cohen 1992):
youtu.be/uu2IeuezCdU
"In 1992, Leonard Cohen’s 'The Future' warned us that 'the blizzard of the world has crossed the threshold.' I wanted to update Cohen’s dark vision for our current moment”
#collapse #AI #future
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
How likely is AGI? Here is a Substack I posted today. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
@AI @AGI
“focused on informing and organizing the public around societal-scale risks and harms of AI, and countering industry narratives of AI inevitability and acceleration!”
"In an unprecedented move, Nobel Peace Prize nominee Donald Trump presses Qatar to mediate deal to end US government shutdown."
Facing reality takes courage. I believe feeling helpless (or not) is a personal choice. I suggest you read Pema Chodron about charnel ground practice. Also, Albert Camus’ writings inspire me to practice stubborn optimism. And definitely follow David Krueger’s blog!
Don’t look up!
I believe we humans need to expand our view in the direction of protecting all life on earth, beyond focus on a specific industry or even a certain category of wildlife. It is all connected and our narrow boundary, linear thinking is what got us into this mess.
AI and the polycrisis - my conversation with Claude. #collapse #polycrisis #AI
open.substack.com/pub/charlies...
You don’t become a “Doomer” because you are pathologically drawn to catastrophe. You are one because you have a heightened sense of empathy: for nature, humans, and everything that lives and “is”
I think you were a bit optimistic here; it’s not quiet.
“The second Trump administration will proceed much like the first, in the sense that superficial changes will happen very fast while the broader crisis of corruption — a transnational crisis — will quietly deepen and become more dangerous.”
Linear, narrow boundary thinking is the default mode for most people. It is the standard in politics. Sawin does an excellent job of making it accessible. Do you think you’ll read it? Not to get personal, but I’m curious about your interest.
I think systems thinking is essential for solving real world problems. Sawin’s book is an excellent primer on the kind of systems thinking I’m referring to, with clear examples of applying it to actual problems. Thanks for asking.
This is why I voted for Ralph Nader in 2000 (in a red state where my vote didn’t count). “Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee.” Or, in current terminology, a duopoly. Yes, one party is overtly less evil, but no more wise re the future of humanity (not looking good).
Am I missing something? All he says is gpt5 is disappointing. Then, he suggests ways to overcome speed bumps. Yeah, a simplistic effort to just go bigger is dumb. Seems like a classic straw man argument.
“In the absence of a deal, industrial trawlers were allowed this season to essentially fish anywhere at any time, including in smaller habitats preferred by whales, penguins and seals.”
apnews.com/article/whal...
“After that water is put to human use, it escapes into the ocean where, the study found, it has contributed more to sea level rise than the melting of the Greenland ice sheet.”
