Section
Ideas
Can AI Solve the Climate Crisis?
AI can optimize parts of the climate system. It cannot substitute for political will, institutional reform, or reduced material demand — and framing it as if it can quietly shifts responsibility away from the actors who hold those levers.
The Energy Paradox of Artificial Intelligence
AI's per-task efficiency is real. Its aggregate energy footprint is also real. The paradox exists because no institution is required to reconcile them — and until one is, both narratives will keep being deployed selectively.
The Loneliness Economy
Loneliness has been repackaged from a private grief into a paying market. The problem is not that people feel alone — it is that an entire economy now depends on keeping them that way.
What is Sustainability? A Critique
Sustainability started as an accounting rule for a specific system. It became a marketing word because vagueness serves the actors who prefer no rule at all.
The Biggest Obstacle to the Climate Crisis is Our Brain
The knowing-doing gap on climate is not a values problem. It is a wiring problem — and until climate communication is designed for the wiring, the gap will keep widening.
The Sustainability Fetish: A Critical Perspective
‘Sustainability’ increasingly names a marketable image of ecological seriousness rather than the underlying struggle. That is not accidental — it is what commodities do to the ideas they absorb.
Efficiency: A Glutton in Disguise
Efficiency lowers the cost of using more. Under normal market conditions, the system responds by using more. Presenting efficiency as conservation is either naive or convenient.
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