IPCC says we are fucked
A very on point article by TheGuardian https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2024/may/08/hopeless-and-broken-why-the-worlds-top-climate-scientists-are-in-despair talking to almost half of all the IPCC scientists, asking them important questions.
The message is this: climate change will have a massive impact on so many ecosystems and overall on billions of people. Pretty much all scientists are pessimistic and realize that their work is in the end futile. They show us what is happening and why. But politicians are not giving a shit. Influenced by a fucked up society of trade and in the pockets of oil giants, they only have words and no actions.
But no one talks about trade, and how this society is based on trade and thus the situation at hand is predictable. Of course everyone cares about trading. Thus billionaires, thus inequality, thus waste and pollution, and so forth.
Also no one talks about the fact that all of us are slaves to trade. How can you and I get involved about this matter when we all have to trade in order to survive!? What are these scientists expecting from ordinary people to do when they are all in chains in this system?
They slightly poke at "capitalism" but too little, too late.
How about banning ads? How about a Universal Basic Income to let us get involved and do something about this? People can't even afford to protest for-fucks-sake... How about some historians and anthropologists explain to everyone that we live in a society based on trade which evolved for the past 10.000 years and it is now obsolete and incentivizes us to be idiots and terrible. How about we talk about a different kind of system?
Too edgy!?
Sure....
Then let's continue to produce more reports so we know exactly how fucked up things are and will be. At the same time no solution will emerge.
Pathetic for an "intelligent" species.
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‘Hopeless and broken’: why the world’s top climate scientists are in despair
Exclusive: Survey of hundreds of experts reveals harrowing picture of future, but they warn climate fight must not be abandonedAlessia Amitrano (The Guardian)
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TROM II: The Climate Report https://videos.trom.tf/w/9xVJBz21bqXeXWNhP1KqXH
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TROM II: The Climate Report
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One is a billionaire who is selling all of his books, the other one is a quite-broke human who has the courage and decency to provide her book online for free. Trade-Free. No ads, no data collection, no subscribe-here-to-read bullshit.
That's the world in which we live. The ones who make a fortune are trained and incentivized to not even share their "must read" books for free, despite having so much wealth.
Oh look, Bill Gates released a book about "How to Avoid a Climate Disaster"! It must be important.... so it is worth 18$ to read.
Grab @Sasha 's book from here https://www.bigworldsmallsasha.com/book/ - she also talks a lot about Climate Change, solutions, and a new kind of worldview.
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Does Gates’ book include anything about billionaire foundations investing in fossil fuel companies?
Revealed: Gates Foundation's $1.4bn in fossil fuel investments
Analysis of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s most recent tax filing reveals huge investments in the world’s biggest fossil fuel companiesDamian Carrington (The Guardian)
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Indeed....Gates really needs to feed his family from the sales of that book....
As for those who depend on book sales, at least they should be honest and admit that it is unfortunate they have to sell their books in a world where digital copies come at almost 0 cost in terms of resources. At least Sasha is also putting it for free online.
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Relevant info from her website:
> For every physical book that I sell for $18, I’ll get a cut of about $3 to $4 (sometimes less), so if you don’t care to have a physical copy but you would still like to support me, even a $3 donation is very much appreciated.
You can go to https://www.bigworldsmallsasha.com/book to get the book. Clicking on the book's image will open up the free online version, but you can also pay for the physical copy if you want.
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The e-version of my book is free as a PDF. You can download it, flip through it, and read it however you like.Big World | Small Sasha
She won't like most authors, musicians, and artists won't. It is a messed-up society and that's where we should look if we are to blame anything. It should not be that we are all like rats in a cage competing for survival, in a society where we have mountains of waste and an abundance of stuff.
We should provide for all with at least the basic needs, this way when one writes a book they can simply share it online at very little cost in terms of resources/energy and not worry about surviving in this trade society,
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>Outgoing special rapporteur David Boyd says ‘there’s something wrong with our brains that we can’t understand how grave this is’
UN expert attacks ‘exploitative’ world economy in fight to save planet
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