Once upon a hike, in Lebanon's Baskinta region.
Lebnaon is full of discarded ruins; the abandoned dreams of unsuccessful farms. One unlucky harvest, one neglected summer, one or two hard winters, and all that remains for generation of efforts is a few stumbling stone walls.
Today, the country appears heading in that direction. We forgot the self-sufficiency of our forbearers, and grew complacent. Yet, for all its mild weather and pleasant life, Lebanon is an unforgiving country that could, at best, sustain a million people.
At least until hydroponic technology comes into its own, and until we can find sustainable way to solve our energy hunger.
The COP30 phased out language about "phasing out" all "fossil fuels"; here's to the return of scientific objectivity
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.
The struggle for Suwayda as the Stalingrad of the Arabs. It is about the future of the Levant & the economic independence of the Arabian peninsula, lest we see a return of Turkish supremacy. The Druze hold Stalingrad or the Arabs lose the Peninsula
