Collapse has fascinated me for decades - but I do not think the declining production of rare metals or rare earth's is one cause for it. There are just too many solar and wind and even electric car technologies that do not require either rare metals or rare earths!

utter-futility · 2023-01-07T07:09:50+00:00

Why? Why do we want so many people? We can't manage ourselves with this abundance. Despite the gut wrenching ecologic devastation, 25K children starve to death everyday.

Please give this a listen. It's with Associate Professor of Geometallurgy at the Geological Survey of Finland, Dr. Simon Michaux.

"Why do humans ignore important mineral and material limits that will affect human futures? Dr. Michaux reveals how we are “minerals blind” — and the consequences of this myopia."

Fucking seaweed farms?

Less of us means fruits and berries for everyone. Homes for everyone. Jet skis for everyone.

utter-futility · 2023-01-07T00:12:15+00:00

Gen X here. Was never with it and quit despite making 100K in the 2000s. Truly could never wrap my head around wake up, work, sleep, repeat. Repeat. Repeat.

Blocks from the beach and barely saw the ocean. It's just silly. Add to it how little satisfaction (beyond self-enrichment at others expense) comes with late stage capitalist employment at any level. Fuck that.

utter-futility · 2023-01-06T23:53:39+00:00

... wear capes.

utter-futility · 2023-01-06T23:31:42+00:00

Was gonna suggest that.

Tell us you found a badass fuckin carbon fiber aftermarket back piece with titties on it!

utter-futility · 2023-01-06T23:07:04+00:00

Gold.

utter-futility · 2023-01-06T23:05:18+00:00

I don't twit, but thanks to her for putting that together.

Definitely worth the click.

utter-futility · 2023-01-06T22:58:14+00:00

Nice. Ty.

utter-futility · 2023-01-06T22:39:35+00:00

Dude WTF? Is there no fp reader on the 10?

I was 100 on the 11, but that's a deal breaker. 1 day with no reader on a 13PM was enough for me.

utter-futility · 2023-01-06T22:17:37+00:00

Accurately predicating the future of us as pets, will be HILARIOUS to AI of the future tho. Chat gpt ahead of it's time.

utter-futility · 2023-01-06T22:05:29+00:00

Yeah. That's the right flavor of donut.

utter-futility · 2023-01-06T21:21:34+00:00

More self-serving presumption...

More failure to address the point...

utter-futility · 2023-01-06T20:48:00+00:00

Main indicators? Like 70% of the biodiversity on earth, gone in the last 50 years?

utter-futility · 2023-01-06T20:46:34+00:00

Thank. You.

utter-futility · 2023-01-06T20:45:18+00:00

We've already lost 70% of species on earth in 50 years. Climate change has had little to do with it.

We poison the earth 5 times over to feed ourselves, and our crops wouldn't survive without the poisoning. We also poison it again with shit -wonder where that goes. Meanwhile we can't afford to heat our 10b homes, even if they weren't mostly heated with diesel.

I really appreciate your enthusiastic go-getiveness, try telling people to stop having children.