The symphony of articles surfacing on western culture’s preference for over-consumption continues with Grist this week. The article highlights a Netflix documentary that I will NOT plug here, and their focus (both Netflix and Grist) seems to be on the apparel industry. I see little difference between industries – so generalizable imho. Grist sets it…
Unless you live in bell jar, you have heard about the Garbage Patches floating in our oceans – huge collections of plastic garbage floating in the ocean like islands. A recent study I found on BlueSky discussed multi-year data collection on the North Pacific Garbage Patch. As the non-scientist X-tech guy, the data collection and…
Being a daily activist includes what you eat. How you buy your food, prepare your food, and with whom you share that food. Where that food is grown and the costs and risks of moving it to your table is critically important on so many levels. Statista published an infographic on where local eating is…
Not a typical philosophical question on the surface, but some social bias surely. A recent Statista post really got my attention, and I wanted to gnash my teeth and wail against both the data and the social commentary. Is there a social / cultural philosophy trend changing that promotes greed and selfishness even in our…
Based on an author recommendation from a good and smart friend, I picked up Turtles all the way down (Goodreads). That saying gets used too often and sometimes totally makes sense … in this case, I struggled to find the turtles in this story. Maybe the magnitude of anxiety will always have another turtle ……
