The Future of Technology

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I think we need a word for things that create gross energy but the net contributions to our culture are minimal or even negative. Another word missing in our culture is a concept for the energetically unfeasible. I've started to rephrase the trajectory of continued growth by kicking cans, by adding more gross energy to our system. And then an offshoot from that is maybe looking at some of the technology that will without energy be purely decorative curiosities.

Last Friday we released Nate's annual Earth Day presentation for 2023: a reflection on ~3 dozen common English words which are semantically disconnected from what they really mean - paired alongside more biophysically accurate terms. Building on that theme, this week’s Frankly is a thought experiment of which ecological and systems concepts do not exist in the English language - but perhaps should. All of this is to say, the semantics and connotations of our language are extremely powerful and have direct impacts on the way we think and act. Could shaping our speech to be more accurate, empathetic, and comprehensive cause our aggregate actions to do the same?

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