When I reminisce about the year 2022, I think about noise. The loud white noise is everywhere, and it buzzes in my ears even when I am in a quiet wilderness. For good reason. There is no truly untouched wilderness left in this Age of Anthropocene. Humans have invaded and damaged or destroyed every part and parcel of land and water on this beautiful Earth that is still trying to protect us from our mass extinction. Not for much longer, unless you believe the delirious false prophets of technology who shout ever louder and are getting more aggressive by the minute. They must shout to make their cult followers suspend sound judgement, but they have little appropriate education and no fig leaves to cover their ugly lust for social power. The cult groupies keep on clinging to a legion of these frauds, e.g., to the Michael Shellenberger s and Elon Musk s ( here too ) of this world. Draw your own conclusions after looking at the linked examples, the famous metal bet between Ehrl
In this blog, I continue to write about the environment, ecology, energy, complexity, and humans. Of particular interest to me are human self-delusions and mad stampedes to nowhere.