What a warm and profoundly human person Olivia is. This is the sort of thinking that will lead us out of the hell in which competitive extractivism has placed us. We don't need machines to climb out of this hole but the helping hand of each other pulling us all up and keeping at the forefront of our minds what will happen if we let go.
Olivia Lazard asks the difficult questions of how to navigate an energy transition without causing more harm on the journey. Will we destroy the biosphere with 6x more mining or geo-engineering while trying to mitigate the climate crisis? The thought of how changing the colour of the sky, or blocking sunlight would effect animal and plant life fills me with dread, shame and sadness. Is this inevitable? How can we prioritise the security and peace of the nations where the extraction of minerals is happening?
Why replace our actual senses with artificial ones? Why replace the infinite richness of actual reality with virtual or augmented versions? I agree that it seems to be an urge of the technical minded to want to control nature. I disagree that AI is dematerialised, it's material manifestation is the data centre.
Interesting point by Olivia about creeping totalitarianism in Western technical industrial society vs. Chinese totalitarianism via state monitoring, citizen scorecards etc.
As always Rachel you and your guests hit it out of the park! Thank you for bringing all these wonderful, thoughtful engaged humans into our midst. We are all the better for it. It's no time to break the faith and no time to lose it. We must lead and need each other. Ever Jim and Joan Canada
What a warm and profoundly human person Olivia is. This is the sort of thinking that will lead us out of the hell in which competitive extractivism has placed us. We don't need machines to climb out of this hole but the helping hand of each other pulling us all up and keeping at the forefront of our minds what will happen if we let go.
Olivia Lazard asks the difficult questions of how to navigate an energy transition without causing more harm on the journey. Will we destroy the biosphere with 6x more mining or geo-engineering while trying to mitigate the climate crisis? The thought of how changing the colour of the sky, or blocking sunlight would effect animal and plant life fills me with dread, shame and sadness. Is this inevitable? How can we prioritise the security and peace of the nations where the extraction of minerals is happening?
Why replace our actual senses with artificial ones? Why replace the infinite richness of actual reality with virtual or augmented versions? I agree that it seems to be an urge of the technical minded to want to control nature. I disagree that AI is dematerialised, it's material manifestation is the data centre.
Interesting point by Olivia about creeping totalitarianism in Western technical industrial society vs. Chinese totalitarianism via state monitoring, citizen scorecards etc.
Another thought provoking episode!
As always Rachel you and your guests hit it out of the park! Thank you for bringing all these wonderful, thoughtful engaged humans into our midst. We are all the better for it. It's no time to break the faith and no time to lose it. We must lead and need each other. Ever Jim and Joan Canada