Of course they also loot economies and communities of energy, water, minerals, democratic accountability, rights etc…

A bit more than just ‘in the loop’ ideally.. how about ‘human in the decision maker role’ .. Probably a bit like Churchill’s adage that experts should be ‘on tap but not on top’. It may be fine to have AI outputs ‘on tap’ but definitely not ‘on top’..

@edwardongwesojr.com - great show but gen x question/ what is Zinn? My gen z kids don’t know..

Yes and apparently 10 times the energy use per search

and yes #solarpunk may be more the ticket..

Alt-Growth? (think different) , innerGrowth? (focus on place, connectivity, sovereignty, densifying relations within economy not expansion).. but why even try to detourn 'growth' - just reinforces the original bad frame - I think 'enough' type framings are better: satisfaction, ease, sufficiency.

In any case .. they are all functionally American - red,white and blue patriots of "American Dynamism", right?

so.. down to eight white american men (unless we consider Musk, Sacks and Thiel as Africans? ...)

It may not be here for much longer.. cruise just lost funding, hopefully waymo is next .. the future is no looking so ‘future’y - www.theverge.com/2024/12/10/2...

I'mm betting this is headed towards a musk vs thiel replay..