Climate Fixers vs. Climate Preventers | Nagaraja Prakasam | TEDxABBS
Climate Fixers vs. Climate Preventers | Nagaraja Prakasam | TEDxABBS
How to End the Climate Crisis by 2050 | Peter Fiekowsky, Ph.D. | TEDxTaftAvenue
@b_cavello "P vs. NP" is a hard problem. Factoring large numbers / finding large primes is a hard problem. Travelling Salesman is a hard problem. Sustainable energy-positive nuclear fusion is a hard problem. Only one of those might be a big problem as I see it.
Addressing inequality or global warming are big problems. Addressing resource or environmental sink exhaustion are big problems. A former CEO (perhaps of GM or GE) had said of climate change: "We know the answer to the question; we don't like it." The solution to climate change is simple: reduce emissions. The problem in its impacts and coordination challenges is however big.
A big problem is one whose resolution would have a huge impact on future conditions.
I've asked the question a few times at HN and elsewhere:
https://hn.algolia.com/?q=what%20are%20the%20big%20problems
#BigProblems should turn up Fedi instances, probably from some former accounts of mine.
On the live stream this past Saturday, I discussed the #BigProblems I want to tackle now that I've completed my #transgender journey with #GenderAffirmingSurgery.
https://genderidentitytoday.com/the-big-problems-i-face-and-why-you-should-face-them-too/
#IdentifyYourself #trans #transgender #lgbtq #mtf #TransgenderWoman #TransWoman #GenderIdentity #SupportWithAmi #GenderIdentitySupport #AskAmethysta #ScienceOfIdentity
This is not a YouTube video.
You'll have to log in, but it's free.
And it's worth it.
Greta explains the cohesion of the #BigProblems that threaten humanity.
#ForNature | WaterBear [5 min]
by Greta Thunberg
Michael Huesemann: Techno-Fix: Why Technology Wont Save Us Or the Environment (2012) [video]
As much as we’d like to believe that technological innovation will let us magically continue our lifestyle and prevent social, economic, and environmental collapse, Huesemann shows that most technological solutions are ineffective—and, in the presence of continued economic growth, modern technology does not promote sustainability, but hastens collapse.
https://archive.org/details/scm-33066-michaelhuesemanntechno-fixwhyt
Based on the book of the same name.
My own review / overview of the book: https://old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/21pc8c/michael_joyce_heusemann_technofix_why_technology/
#MichaelHeusemann #JoyceHeusemann #TechnoFix #Video #BigProblems
You might not want to pin your hopes on nanotechnology, genetic engineering, or miracle drugs, says Michael Huesemann, author of Techno-Fix: Why Technology...
Did you ever have Big Problems? Do you have @fortelabs kind of Big Problems? Here is my recent re-evaluation of what matters in my work:
https://www.amethysta.io/2023/04/27/the-big-problems-post-gender-transition-edition/