Could this be the answer to all of the problems? — We know all the problems, but I will summarise the main ones anyway as a quick reminder for context: Global Pollution / Environmental Problems Global inequality Global debt Profit driven vaccines War The main one which absolutely is existential, is the environmental problem. The recent COP26 meeting resulted in very…

2nd Edition — Updated with Latest Information. — 2nd Edition 15/05/2021 Above is an illustration of our journey as it might have appeared to Kardashev, if he had still been around now. He is known for his characterisation of stages of civilisation. Currently, we are somewhere between Kardashev 0.5, and Kardashev 1.0, in the age of Bitcoin creation. …

2020 was a big year. But was it just the tip of an iceberg of change, to happen in 2021? — So 2020 was a big year. The biggest in thousands of years, I would argue. It wasn’t the best of experiences for most of us. I saw many of my own “achievements” and ambitions dashed, by a chain of events no-one could have predicted. And I know the same applies…

Opinion — Am I alone in finding myself thumbing through Medium now looking for interesting things to read? I will be honest, I am biased, and under no illusions of the effects of the profit driven platform algos on my output and interactions. I appear to be well and truly shadow banned…

Ratifying Science with Religion — We are seeing the very negative effects of the use of extracted energy on everything, and we instinctively know this is not good, and in fact is mathematically and physically unsustainable. On analysing the systemic problems, we see some problems in the standard scientific definition of energy, in that it…

Medium is helping them to do this, and the outcome is potentially existential. — Today I came across a pro Geo-Engineering story by RAND Corporation Here it is below: Why Not Space Mirrors? Space mirrors can reflect solar radiation away from Earth, potentially helping to address the effects of climate…medium.com Now I don’t know about anyone else, but I was not able to respond to this, which honestly is potentially a more destructive tech than even nuclear weapons.

A rant about how the current FIFA football event relates to the climate and energy problem — Look at these supporters. Their joy is obvious and infectious, something incredible to behold. I hope the most celebrated and painted team wins, I really do, they deserve it more than anyone. But behind these scenes of joy are many more scenes of trajedy. Apparently some people died, in the…

How all of the problems of the world come down to a simple failure to identify the mathematical sign of energy. — Here, I am not going to waste time describing the problems of the world in detail, we all know what they are, and most of us know it is fundamentally an energy problem. I’ve covered those in some of the other 300 odd stories I’ve done in Medium to date. …

Miracles, or just Kardashev Money at Work? — Imagine the amount of money that could have been won, by anyone placing a bet before covid, that oil prices would go negative within just a few months. I am not much of a gambler, but I guess a hundred thousand to one, or even a million to one might…