Will Steffen on climate Dr. Steve Keen Thomas Pogge

everybody on their god damn books. not a single person living in the moment

My monthly roundup of what's been happening in Aotearoa AI

Wow, in this case it really stops yapping for once and gets to the point.

This was such a thought-provoking conversation with the ever-curious mind of Anthony McMahon 🥝 🇳🇿, ranging far and wide across how New Zealand's future might look with exponential technology, and the themes in my book ⏩Fast Forward Aotearoa. Thanks Ant for the opportunity to sync ideas!

we know what awaits us, because its already here and getting worse it'll take some time for trees to grow - we must be depaving car infrastructure and planting regenerative urban forests so we can give ourselves a chance at adapting to the heat

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Counterpoint: what's good for the climate is good for the economy

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This chart from Tomas Pueyo is god-tier. (From: How You Can Easily Delay Climate Change Today: SO2 Injection unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com/p/so2-injection )

Memia 2024.32: OpenAI strawberry hype goes on forever... seeding the skies with SO2... and Minority Report predictive AI on order for Argentina's Milei... and the usual round of eclectica and zeitgeist

I would watch a feature length documentary about the two women who voice The Minions in Italian

Been listening to the explosion of Mongolian Metal Bands over the last years. This is THE HU. They are amazing. Get ready.

Never deleting this app.

So much this...

It’s wild that in 2024, this still has to be said. There are millions and millions of dairy cows in New Zealand. Rivers are dying or dead and drinking water is contaminated. #TooManyCows “If you milk cows, you need be responsible for their effluent” stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350379…

I don't watch ads. I have my AI do that for me, then not tell me about them. And you ad buying suckers are still getting billed for the impression. You think I'm a rich 30-something in San Diego who might buy something. I'm actually a 3090 that can't afford new thermal paste.

AI is replacing LSD dealers

Memia 2024.33: This week's dose of thinking around alternative money, AI, computational chemistry, mesh networks, humanoid robotics... and more.