Dec 2018
A dairy farmer's perspective into the agri-industrial complex:
'Dairy farming is dying. After 40 years, I’m done.'https://t.co/MIGgBnLJq5
via https://t.co/CB8zOzoyHk pic.twitter.com/J7WYUMAI1O
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) December 29, 2018
Enormous extraction and emissions even before the engines are first fired: 'Four million parts, 30 countries: How an Airbus A380 comes together'https://t.co/go1ME90MFv #climatebreakdown pic.twitter.com/H8cSb2lrzp
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) December 28, 2018
16 Nov 2008: 386.37 ppm
16 Nov 2018: 409.98 ppm23.61 ppm increase in just one decade.
This linear rate would give us:
– 434 by 2028
– 457 by 2038
– 481 by 2048
– 504 by 2058But we know it's not linear.
Graphs from NASA:https://t.co/5600H5GK2ehttps://t.co/P92YOl3tI6 pic.twitter.com/Nb5vtwjemJ
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) December 27, 2018
Digital surveillance technology × Carbon tourism = 'Must-do'
'Jetstar, JCDecaux & JWT Use Eye Tracking To Highlight Passers-By’s Dream Destinations'https://t.co/7O3SMfnyh2#sellmemore pic.twitter.com/WqhXidJHfv
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) December 20, 2018
Renewables are not a silver bullet (and rely on extractionism)
'We Don't Mine Enough Rare Earth Metals to Replace Fossil Fuels With Renewable Energy' https://t.co/7xC2C69gJ0 on @motherboard /via @lessflying— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) December 20, 2018
Hope is not a climate breakdown mitigation strategy pic.twitter.com/d1eB7OcVXO
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) December 20, 2018
An excerpt of the introduction to the forthcoming book ‘Pluriverse: A Post-Development Dictionary’, in ‘Why we need alternatives to development’ https://t.co/TlGWaB35gn pic.twitter.com/eXVG3nc66r
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) December 20, 2018
A great, concise summary of #climatebreakdown from the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO: ‘State of the Climate 2018’ https://t.co/IrEV1y0tEl pic.twitter.com/0pBDbTM8NH
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) December 20, 2018
Death outperforms the market #latestagecapitalismhttps://t.co/UChbVopMDv on Bloomberg @business pic.twitter.com/J0GNjcvAe1
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) December 20, 2018
Renewables are no silver bullet https://t.co/ilKNY4VpA8 pic.twitter.com/i6q7PxKznC
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) December 17, 2018
Scary– 'The Water Scarcity Atlas provides an introduction to water scarcity and showcases analyses that cover the whole world, based on cutting-edge research.' https://t.co/0NV7mtVl1N @WScarcityAtlas pic.twitter.com/Le0HvldJHn
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) December 14, 2018
Employee experience begins before a person joins and continues after they leave.
There is massive strength in alumni, and you can tell a lot about an organisation from the way they handle people leaving.
I dig @sammartino's idea of 'The Exits Lounge' https://t.co/6XrGqQALbW
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) December 14, 2018
Our carbon budget is already completely shot and space tourism ain't gonna help
'Today, for the first time in history, a crewed spaceship, built to carry private passengers, reached space. … Virgin Galactic really can open space to change the world for good.' https://t.co/BJjMjdo3tm
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) December 14, 2018
The one number that matters the most: Atmospheric CO2 – currently at 409 ppm
Here's some of the key UN Conventions and Declarations over the Mauna Loa record.
Guess what? There is zero discernible effect. This system is not working.
Re https://t.co/flkuxICFZQ #climatebreakdown pic.twitter.com/SiwaIxHPIe
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) December 11, 2018
Hi Peter, how come your blog post doesn't mention the 42 million tons of CO2 emissions into air from 'Processing and use of sold products'? This is from your non-renewable Oil Products (over half of your revenue) – it's over 5X the reductions you're making with renewables. pic.twitter.com/uSpdzKti7G
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) December 7, 2018
Have a look at the charts in 'Choking On Our Harvest: Threats Loom Over Global Food Trade' https://t.co/nwheD6Bftn by Bloomberg @business pic.twitter.com/CLlRbLmOZ9
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) December 7, 2018
It is great to see the great challenges of our time such as
– climate breakdown
– just society
– reducing inequality
keeping Australian business leaders up at night …oh waithttps://t.co/mozVl1n1LIhttps://t.co/tBncKTWinG pic.twitter.com/ZdiR1vK34U— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) December 5, 2018
A heavy piece but it has some interesting perspectives: 'The Myth of Renewable Energy' https://t.co/UI78v1seio by Derrick Jensen /via @RadReduction & @KevinClimate pic.twitter.com/51tIZeob5c
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) December 5, 2018
We must urgently reduce global emissions.
Imagine removing the major export – oil – and the subsequent economic implications, for each country shown here in blue.
That is the scale of our challenge. pic.twitter.com/UsnKk8tEBO
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) December 3, 2018
Nov 2018
I don't often join demos but when I do, I march with the kids#climateactionnow #schoolstrike4climate #scomosgottago #stopfossilfuels #democracy pic.twitter.com/lAZDO1zbO5
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) November 30, 2018
'Buy now pay later' may be 'good' for business but ethical it is not.
You can only go against your customers' best interest for so long.'Review of buy now pay later arrangements' https://t.co/H58e4h95lL by @asicmedia@AfterPayAU @Zip_AU #responsiblelending #responsiblespending pic.twitter.com/saoVjvncBq
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) November 29, 2018
An observation – I'm seeing increased focus on 'being a good ancestor' across a number of fields:
– @MrAlanCooper (design and tech)https://t.co/rIY5ONWL5I
– Layla F. Saad (racial justice)https://t.co/1unEmW9yFn
– @KateRaworth (economics) https://t.co/edFnsazrEsInteresting!
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) November 28, 2018
#anthropocene × #capitalocene × #necrocene = #hellocenehttps://t.co/gxiGQJTv02 https://t.co/whhxf4tzgD
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) November 28, 2018
Stamping an Oil and Gas company logo onto an overheating Earth is spot on.
Individual choices do matter but I have a hard time relating to this campaign when most of @NesteGlobal's revenues come from non-renewable Oil Products.#DontChoke@TBWAHelsinkihttps://t.co/HbPCdufqmh pic.twitter.com/SXQrutqC9s
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) November 27, 2018
Hired: Balanced Design
aka '<Insert buzzword here>-Centered Design Considered Harmful' https://t.co/P1Z7g0pJvo
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) November 27, 2018
It may be for a good reason: Lack of evidence of harm is not the same thing as evidence of lack of harm.
See for instance the 'Precautionary principle' https://t.co/CwAqVLeIdI and relevance to technology areas such as GMOs https://t.co/1zyOv32OCH by Taleb et. al.
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) November 26, 2018
People will be people pic.twitter.com/ThHtl3f5Sb
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) November 26, 2018
NASA: 'Atmospheric CO2 is at 409 ppm'
Big Oil: 'Hold my barrel'https://t.co/eVmSV1W2Kz pic.twitter.com/K8MjDup2zQ
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) November 24, 2018
Mr. Bond responds to #climatebreakdown … with a waterproof luxury watch pic.twitter.com/1dl1fhWUyd
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) November 24, 2018
Every Friday is Black Friday until we change the system pic.twitter.com/mmcKANy5Sa
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) November 23, 2018
Here we find the South Australian Lycosidae vividly demonstrating the current Australian climate and immigration policies: https://t.co/bjWuggMoTV
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) November 23, 2018
1. Here's @benedictevans' talk ‘The end of the beginning’ at the @a16z Summit last week:
– Video: https://t.co/5xZ9nj4XRd
– Post: https://t.co/zRHo5K0UMdSome thoughts: (thread) pic.twitter.com/nTZXEJsuLj
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) November 21, 2018
Fractal and opaque supply chains make it virtually impossible to participate in this: 'Extractive and exploitative industries, with examples of industry dependency'
Read more: https://t.co/SlNG5Pm2b2 pic.twitter.com/ca7whg1k1u
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) November 20, 2018
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) November 20, 2018
CO₂ targets and current status
We have 133 months to cut global net CO₂ emissions by 45% pic.twitter.com/2YWZLuGqMO
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) November 19, 2018
'The cost of convenience', from this excellent piece by @BenHolliday: https://t.co/ZHVyrZaHVH
Also related: https://t.co/yYmVYJHTGw pic.twitter.com/R7IDDczM9a
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) November 19, 2018
Seeing all the San Francisco vs. Delhi and San Francisco vs. Beijing air quality comparisons in recent days reminded me of this – Developed countries exporting their air pollution to developing countries since 1970:
Source: https://t.co/VNzezDNlLK pic.twitter.com/rtiRsUwW3L
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) November 17, 2018
Air travel is about 2.5% of all global CO2 emissions and rising rapidly.
Rather than mildly reducing unsustainability through biofuels, we should work towards actually #sustainable futures where we Stay Grounded: https://t.co/ngdTi2Vcgc
/cc @staygrounded3 @markusnieminen https://t.co/aJmCI99opb
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) November 13, 2018
Anthropocene = Human supremacy
Recommended viewing: https://t.co/4MfCdInYGy
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) November 13, 2018
Nailing it:
'Then – Why has this person has moved around so much? Are they unstable or incompetent?
Now – Why has this person been in the one place so long? Are they scared or incompetent?' by @sammartinohttps://t.co/A06GgxG2QO–See also Antifragile p.24 Financial dependence: pic.twitter.com/oLde5SvSJf
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) November 9, 2018
'Your clipboard is in hand, your sterile, templated usability test is ready, and you begin checking task-success rates, speed of completion, and general comprehension.' –A brillant piece, thank you @HareemMannan ! https://t.co/DuD0ACoG1c
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) November 1, 2018
Oct 2018
‘Post Carbon Fellow Stephanie Mills’ remarks at the 50 year anniversary of the publication of the Whole Earth Catalog.’ – Durable Goods https://t.co/y5OlE30e0S at @WholeEarth50th pic.twitter.com/J8tu0WbRha
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) October 27, 2018
‘An Oil Refinery and a global Travel Commodification company flew into a zero waste bar, to discuss Sustainability'
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) October 26, 2018
Like it says on the tin, human-centred design is anthropocentric – to the exclusion of other life forms' wellbeing. Great interview, recommended listening.
(Ps. Thank you @johnthackara for your excellent #NENA2018 closing keynote!) https://t.co/j71rRKaUg3
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) October 23, 2018
How well does H. G. Wells describe our time – in 1914 pic.twitter.com/pvMvZrGXdV
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) October 20, 2018
.@MrAlanCooper ‘s ‘The Oppenheimer moment’ talk is excellent – I really like the idea of being a good ancestor. However, the talk could go further still, by examining and questioning the broader system within which the tech industry exists and operates. https://t.co/jgTh32jSur
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) October 20, 2018
A truly terrifying read: 'How Capitalism Torched the Planet and Left it a Smoking Fascist Greenhouse' https://t.co/UpBl0aXgAe by @umairh pic.twitter.com/NVWmaTzmIg
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) October 17, 2018
Excellent thinking and exciting future directions in 'Business Model Premised on Anti-consumption and Impact Investing' https://t.co/D3IR4iYSD8 by @PaavoTertsunen & @uselesscomp /ht @LassiLinnanen pic.twitter.com/EEHausRVJ9
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) October 16, 2018
A great talk that offers alternatives to business as usual: 'The Insurgent Power of the Commons in the War Against the Imagination' by @davidbollier
– Watch: https://t.co/KwBGg7ACYD
– Read: https://t.co/2CeSBZNxHu pic.twitter.com/UTE6WQ05MR— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) October 14, 2018
"In his book ‘Tools for Conviviality’ (1973), the late Austrian philosopher Ivan Illich argued that the nature of modern ‘tools’, from machines to schools, had the effect of making people dependent and undermined their own natural abilities." https://t.co/xLto2dpGHh
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) October 12, 2018
Design at scale only exists in service of capitalism https://t.co/taznJLm3hB
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) October 11, 2018
Business as usual is killing the planet pic.twitter.com/Njq7RXAw5H
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) October 10, 2018
'It's just a billboard' pic.twitter.com/pcX2j7pRgI
— Jussi Pasanen (@jopas) October 9, 2018