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A hyper-rational, emotionless and disembodied masculine fantasy of autonomy without vulnerability.
Intelligence is reduced to speed, encryption and efficiency, consciousness as a technical object rather than a relational experience.
At its core, this projects fear of dependence and intimacy onto the cosmos, turning imagined aliens into emotionally armored versions of themselves.
Nothing screams “progress” like faithfully reproducing the very paradigm we are trying to structurally unlearn.
Technology does not magically drive humanity forward on its own, but is shaped by culture, power and very unglamorous social and material realities.
Not a universal law of progress, just Western Silicon Valley technodeterminism presenting itself as the destiny of the universe.
With alien civilizations out there, quietly transcending biology, encrypting their thoughts and politely avoiding us because we are still stuck dealing with gravity and feelings.
https://lemmy.ml/comment/22357986
The entire body of a sea urchin is what researchers are now calling an “all-body brain,” with neurons that function as a brain throughout its anatomy.
I don’t know what angers me the most about the Swiss-USA trade deal framework.
Is it that Tech CEOs normalized giving golden gifts to sitting presidents for favors?
Is it that the Supreme Court is likely to judge Liberation Day tariffs as unconstitutional, and still they rushed in to secure a deal?
Is it that they pledged to buy more weapons despite the disaster that was the F-35 and its procurement?
Is it that they pledged to facilitate imports of chlorinated chickens and Cybertrucks?
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Migrant workers sending money home often contribute far more than all development aid combined. For every dollar a government or NGO sends as official aid, families abroad send three.
In a typical year, remittances reach almost $700 billion, while aid programs struggle to reach even a third of that amount.
A single construction worker in Qatar sending $200 a month back to Nepal does more for his family and village than an entire development project funded by foreign donors.
Architect Yasmeen Lari’s "Barefoot Social Architecture" trains women in flood-hit villages to build their own raised bamboo and mud houses that resist floods and earthquakes.
These low-cost, fast-built, modular huts protect families during disasters, rely on local materials rather than external aid and now serve as a widely recognised model of climate-resilient housing across Pakistan.
https://www.domusweb.it/en/speciali/best-architecture-firms/2019/yasmeen-lari.html
After Punjab was hit by the largest floods in its history, flooding 4'700 villages + forcing over 4.5 M people to flee.
Compensation:
Fully destroyed brick houses: Rs. 1,000,000 (€3,050)
Fully damaged mud houses: Rs. 500,000 (€1,525)
Partially damaged brick houses: Rs. 300,000 (€915)
Partially damaged mud houses: Rs. 150,000 (€458)
Climate change+heavier monsoon rains+melting glaciers+worsened by obstructed drainage+ill-timed dam water releases+poor urban planning+outdated infrastructure.
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Frédéric Jacobs
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