There's more to #UkraineRussiaWar: someone's after something. The resources of the Dnieper-Donets, maybe?
"L'argent est le nerf de la guerre", celle-ci n'est pas une exception
The more we progress, the greater the risk of a devolution into a #DimAge Already, our own #technology is growing too complex for us to understand or manage, and scales up faster than our own understanding can keep up.
In todays’ world, transport choke points are unavoidable, a feature of an unsustainable, #globalized world.
The #RedSea passage #BabElMandab is one of those, critical because of the #MiddleEast's central importance to the world's #EnergyEconomy
The push to #JustStopOil at #cop28 illustrates the ignorance of physical limits of some in #Climate negotiations.
Designers build a system, mindful of the physical limits of our world. Non-Engineers often forgets reality; just the outcome matter
Agree to the rich world's desired outcome, before building the systems that made it rich? You get one form #CarbonColonialism
Then again, too much of a system focus, you get the excesses of the gilded age.
Better a #FailedState than a crazy kingdom.
A failed state is like a broken clock; it is broken, but may still be right twice day. On the other hand, a crazy kingdom is like an off clock; if it is off by 5%, it is only right once every 10 days.
...In addition, in a failed state, you and your community stand a chance to grow and succeed; the crazy king can't easily reach you, unlike in our modern anarcho-tyranny
A real #SmartCity starts from the Bottom-Up. Think of a town with 3 circles; a circle of control, influence, and concern.
With new Technologies & Common sense, we can have more control, more influence, & fewer concerns. #sustainability starts with the home, not the city, not the state.
I explore the rationale in my book, but that's the "cliff notes version"
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