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| colspan="1" |''Hey, thanks for coming, if we have contacted you directly it's because we think you might be able to help. It may be that a [[Ecological crisis|collapse]] of our current system is inevitable, but perhaps here we can nurture the seed of a parallel system. This site is not being created by a particular person but by BurnZero, the name of the anonymous collective editing it. This site is presented as an editable [[wikipedia:Wiki|Wiki]] (much the same format as [[wikipedia:Main_Page|Wikipedia]]) if you see something wrong and want to edit just sign up for an anonymous encrypted account and start editing.'' | |||
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=== Preface === | |||
Infinite growth cannot occur within a [[closed system]]. It is baked into our core that all of our consumer aspirations can be met, but unfortunately, if we would like to have children that wont have to fight for water in the future, this is not the case. We need to look afresh, into new ways of thinking moving away from the egocentric to the ecocentric. | |||
But we are still all individuals and we all collectively got to this point, perhaps we should start by looking at ourselves to see what has gone wrong before we take any new bold action. Human thought processes proceed as if it is reporting objectively, but in fact, it is often coloring and distorting perception in unexpected ways. What is required in order to correct the distortions introduced by thought, is a form of proprioception, or self-awareness. Neural receptors throughout the body inform us directly of our physical position and movement, but there is no corresponding awareness of the activity of thought. Such an awareness would represent psychological proprioception and would enable the possibility of perceiving and correcting the unintended consequences of the thinking process. | |||
Human thought processes proceed as if it is reporting objectively, but in fact, it is often coloring and distorting perception in unexpected ways. What is required in order to correct the distortions introduced by thought, is a form of proprioception, or self-awareness. Neural receptors throughout the body inform us directly of our physical position and movement, but there is no corresponding awareness of the activity of thought. Such an awareness would represent psychological proprioception and would enable the possibility of perceiving and correcting the unintended consequences of the thinking process. | |||
These distortions are not there by error, they have evolved over time for the body to save energy. For instance, why expend all of the energy looking at people's individual nuances to figure out if you can trust them or not. Instead evolution made a rule of thumb and racism evolved. This is not to say racism is correct, it is more to say skin colour one of the simplest differentiators of us and them, evolution has has encoded, culturally / genetically to avoid others, i.e. mother said don't talk to strangers. In general this worked within a monoculture society, however today in our multicultural society this heuristic proves to be a hangover from a distant past. | These distortions are not there by error, they have evolved over time for the body to save energy. For instance, why expend all of the energy looking at people's individual nuances to figure out if you can trust them or not. Instead evolution made a rule of thumb and racism evolved. This is not to say racism is correct, it is more to say skin colour one of the simplest differentiators of us and them, evolution has has encoded, culturally / genetically to avoid others, i.e. mother said don't talk to strangers. In general this worked within a monoculture society, however today in our multicultural society this heuristic proves to be a hangover from a distant past. | ||
So the idea is before we go on this wiki journey is that we identify the key [[heuristics]] and [[psychological fallacies]] in human thought, so we might see the problem a little better. | So the idea is before we go on this wiki journey is that we identify the key [[heuristics]], [[cognitive biases]] and [[psychological fallacies]] in human thought, so we might see the problem a little better. | ||
== The problem: Our System is Broken and it we don't know how to fix it. == | == The problem: Our System is Broken and it we don't know how to fix it. == | ||
''Short: [[We are one|We]] have had a [[long collective history]], but now it is in [[Ecological crisis|jeopardy]],. Asking politely for the ruling class to act is not going to cut it we need to look at other solutions.'' | ''Short: [[We are one|We]] have had a [[long collective history]], but now it is in [[Ecological crisis|jeopardy]],. Asking politely for the ruling class to act is not going to cut it we need to look at other solutions.'' | ||
== Summary == | == Summary == | ||
''We need to move from egocentrism to ecocentrism. Some believe we as individuals can slow its progression by adopting better consumption patterns. | ''We need to move from egocentrism to ecocentrism. Some believe we as individuals can slow its progression by adopting better consumption patterns notably following a plant-based diet (saves 0.8 tonnes of CO2-equivalents per year), reducing air travel (each return transatlantic flight avoided saves 1.6 tonnes), living car-free (saves 2.4 tonnes) and having smaller families (saves 58.6 tonnes per child). In reality this is only a minor part of the problem, think of this simple equation:'' | ||
P x S x E x C = CO2 (carbon dioxide output) | P (population) x S (services used by people) x E (energy needed to power those services) x C = CO2 (carbon dioxide output) | ||
It’s a neat little formula because it drives home the point: that for all the Paris climate talks and more affordable Teslas, environmental incrementalism is somewhat pointless | It’s a neat little formula because it drives home the point: that for all the Paris climate talks and more affordable Teslas, environmental incrementalism is somewhat pointless. Population is of course trending ever-higher, as are the services people demand, especially in the developing world which has barely scratched the surface in terms of cars and air conditioning and other modern basics. Those two factors swamp progress in energy efficiency. Gates points out that scientists are calling for an 80 percent drop in carbon emissions by 2050 e(and a total end by 2100) to stave off the most dramatic effects of climate change, yet even with more efficiency, the growth in population and services means that emissions will instead ''jump'' by 50%. | ||
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== Proposed Solutions. == | == Proposed Solutions. == | ||
''We cannot consume our way out of this crisis.'' | ''move the world from egocentric to an ecocentric'' ''We cannot consume our way out of this crisis.'' | ||
* [[Electric Vehicles]] - a great concept but avoids the root problem. | * [[Electric Vehicles]] - a great concept but avoids the root problem. | ||
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#[[The Last Garden]] - making corporates more aware of over expansion - inspired by the Joni Mitchel Song "Bog Yellow Taxi" | #[[The Last Garden]] - making corporates more aware of over expansion - inspired by the Joni Mitchel Song "Bog Yellow Taxi" | ||
#Solar music beacons - using solar panels that charge a battery hooked into a bluethooth hifi all set in concrete. | #Solar music beacons - using solar panels that charge a battery hooked into a bluethooth hifi all set in concrete. | ||
#Deep fake | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||