Week 10: Decoding Nature's Signals, AI's Energy Debate, and SEC's Green Disclosure

Dear all,

Signs. Violent signs. So many of them wrecking in. Bullet trains crashing into the concrete constructs of our world. Silence that comes afterward. The construct where humanity controls, owns, and masters the might of nature and forces within that nature. The illusion. Deception. Narratives. Beliefs. One of them about human might. The other about technological solutions that will manage the violent roar coming from the deepest forests and oceans. A deaf civilization. Preoccupied with its own ignorance.

There are many ways to describe signs, and throughout history, humanity has been ignorant of interpreting signs and acting on them many, many times. Resulting in millions of deaths, suffering, and years of recovery. Some of the signs were in plain sight, some hidden and hard to grasp, some violent and some gentle as a flip of butterfly wings. Somewhere ignored, some understood but rejected, some were accepted thus marginalized. Sometimes they were interpreted and acted upon. Too few occasions of the joint capacity of human civilization to respond in time.

The question remains, despite the history of ignorance, if human civilization on this planet can hear the roar of the nature we utterly depend on? Many people do when they open their eyes, since the sight of humanity seems to be deaf.

Loss of Diversity. Inability to Adapt. Overdependence on Costly Inputs. This is where we are now.