as humans manipulate their environments, this complex web of interdependence seems more like a house of cards. eventually earth will just shake our species off and human ingenuity will be tested to find recurring bandaid solutions
like what do you mean the amazon influences the sahara. modeling a planet is beyond our current collective consciousness. it’s not even about unstructuredness, it’s the sheer scale of data points that’s required in both time and space.
I find the fertility and replacement rate decline interesting. On one hand policy makers will have no incentive to create a better future because their vote banks are old and wealthy. On the other, humans are living longer than ever and automation is taking over requiring fewer h
I read that music is the repetitive rhythm that the human mind can anticipate. if the pattern becomes unpredictable, it’s not as enjoyable. it changed the way I listen to music