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Yep, it’s bleak, says expert who tested 1970s end-of-the-world prediction

July 25, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

In the Guardian, Yep, it’s bleak, says expert who tested 1970s end-of-the-world prediction, A controversial MIT study from 1972 forecast the collapse of civilization – and Gaya Herrington is here to deliver the bad news

Posted in: Climate Change, Environment, Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Future of Work, IT Failures, Pandemic, Politics, Science, Sea Stories, the Anthropocene, Thinking about Tagged: 1972, Beyond Growth, climate crisis, Club of Rome, Earth First!, economic growth, extreme weather, Gaya Herrington, geopolitical instability, Greenpeace, Limits to Growth, MIT, Population, social unrest, sustainability

A Few Notes About the Future of Work

November 25, 2019 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Seems that themes come in batches, the newest theme for me is the old Jetson’s promise of leisure time replacing work, somewhere in the future we’d all work at what we’re good at and there would be enough (food and other goods and money) to go around. I’m firmly convinced that since the dawn of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Ethical and green living, Faits Divers, Feminism, Finanace, Future of Work, IT Failures, Politics, Racism, Science, Thinking about Tagged: AI, Artifical Intelligence, Economics, Future of Work, Government, innovation, MIT, money, Politics, productivity, Skidelsky, so-so technology, startups, Stockton, technology

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