Before I go.
Here are a few links to keep y'all busy.
SOLARPUNK - Life in the Future Beyond the Rusted Chrome of Yestermorrow
Fascinating piece here (based on a presentation so lots of visuals) by Jay Springett who sets the table by covering some memetic theory and media narratives, to then beautifully present and explain what Solarpunk aims to achieve.
Second:
The Environment is not a System
It’s a good fit with the previous piece, where it spoke of re-using old media and old futures, of finding new ways of talking about new futures; here we see the importance of how we talk about things, and how we measure them.
By Tega Brain
https://researchvalues2018.wordpress.com/2017/12/20/tega-brain-the-environment-is-not-a-system/
Third:
In the same general theme.
Stones that calculate.
The idea of the Anthropocene as the new geological era assigns humanity a special role in the Earth’s ecosystem. This insight is undoubtedly important, but humanity is not the measure of all things. On the contrary, a view directed solely at humanity is blinding for larger systemic connections.
And Finely:
Something completely different.
How To Talk About Books You Haven’t Read.
By Maria Popova
Non-reading is not just the absence of reading. It is a genuine activity, one that consists of adopting a stance in relation to the immense tide of books that protects you from drowning. On that basis, it deserves to be defended and even taught.
https://www.brainpickings.org/2012/06/15/how-to-talk-about-books-you-havent-read/
@corlin
This might be me being defensive about books, but I wonder if it has more to do with how people absorb information in the age of the internet.
Anecdotal, but when I first joined Twitter, if I spent too much time there, I would have a harder time reading a chunk of a book like I used to. When I limited my time there, my book reading would improve, with both fiction and non-fiction.
I remembered seeing a study that touched on this, so I looked it up:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/06/190605100345.htm
More:
Also... I disagree, but this is an interesting idea:
Why books don’t work.
All this suggests a peculiar conclusion: as a medium, books are surprisingly bad at conveying knowledge, and readers mostly don’t realize it.
By Andy Matuschak
https://andymatuschak.org/books/