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- | Hello readers, welcome to my wiki! | + | \\ |
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+ | Just Give me a home,\\ | ||
+ | where UNIX is known.\\ | ||
+ | where the Internet and\\ | ||
+ | Computer run Free.\\ | ||
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+ | Where seldom abode,\\ | ||
+ | any lack of pure code\\ | ||
+ | and all the systems\\ | ||
+ | run GNU, every day!\\ | ||
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+ | SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ASSOCIATED WITH TECHNOLOGY\\ | ||
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+ | The history of technology is a long and ever advancing series of innovations. | ||
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+ | Conservation and large scale co-operation is essential in order to ensure the sustainability of society. | ||
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+ | Another side effect that has been caused by the rapid changes in the technology of today is an ever growing landfill of old technology that is not being used to it’s full potential. Instead, it is being out-dated and thrown away too rapidly, an extensive topic beautifully and very scientifically illustrated by writer Paul Gilding in a talk given in 2012(2). | ||
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+ | Personal freedom and security are also at risk of exploitation in a system motivated by profit without barriers. | ||
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+ | Neither should industry or transportation or agriculture pollute so much. Pollution has reached epic levels and continues to rise. Unless something is done immediately, | ||
+ | Without action now, it will only get worse. | ||
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+ | Doug Tompkins, co-founder of retail brands ‘the North Face’ and ‘Esprit’ shares his | ||
+ | analysis and opinions in an interview with Jo Confino of ‘the Guardian’. He speaks of the modern “techno-industrial culture that is destroying the world”. | ||
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+ | Technology can be frightening as well as amazing. | ||
+ | After all, we need all the help we can get. | ||
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+ | The subject of the preservation of all life on planet earth is deeply serious and the situation in our global ecology is alarming. | ||
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+ | Maybe part of the solution would be for humans to learn to use the technology they already have, better. | ||
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+ | I doubt very much these changes will occur, but just because I do not have a solution and cannot see a way forward doesn’t mean there isn’t one. All of the efficiency in the world won’t bring back one extinct species or another lost ecosystem, but we can do our part by sharing some of the urgency within our circle of influence and work together with other like minded people to bring more attention to the crisis. | ||
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+ | sources: | ||
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+ | Greta Thunberg, "The disarming case to act right now on climate change" | ||
+ | TEDxStockholm | November 2018 | ||
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+ | Paul Gilding, "The Earth is Full" | ||
+ | TED2012 | February 2012 | ||
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+ | gnu.org, “Proprietary Software is often Malware” | ||
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+ | Adam Vaughan, "I am angered by the fact that we are destroying Earth" | ||
+ | New Scientist.9/ | ||
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+ | Jo Confino, "How technology has stopped evolution and is destroying the world" theguardian.com | Interview with Doug Tompkins, Jul 11, 2013 | ||
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+ | Sydney Geib, Lehigh University "Is Technology Destroying the World?" | ||
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+ | Garry Kasparov, “Don’t fear intelligent Machines. Work with them” | ||
+ | TED2017 | April 2017 | ||
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