<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Technophile mag spouts climate-tech nonsense]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by amazingdrx http://www.grist.org/article/wired-jumps-the-shark-once-too-often-and-is-eaten-alive/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:09:57 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/wired-jumps-the-shark-once-too-often-and-is-eaten-alive/1 Maybe Wired

Hasn't seen the coming boom in renewable/conservation technology?  Strange, since they were raised during the tech boom.

Teller as eco-saviour?  Hehehey.  

What would Dr. Stranglove propose to address GHG climate disaster?  I mean besides nuclear powered eugenic mine shaft space living?  "We must not allow a mineshaft gap!"

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Hasn't seen the coming boom in renewable/conservation technology?  Strange, since they were raised during the tech boom.

Teller as eco-saviour?  Hehehey.  

What would Dr. Stranglove propose to address GHG climate disaster?  I mean besides nuclear powered eugenic mine shaft space living?  "We must not allow a mineshaft gap!"

http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog

]]> Comment #2 by sindark http://www.grist.org/article/wired-jumps-the-shark-once-too-often-and-is-eaten-alive/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:53:30 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/wired-jumps-the-shark-once-too-often-and-is-eaten-alive/2 Error-prone

Wired certainly seems to have lost all credibility when it comes to environmental issues. They seem to lack essential critical thinking skills.

a sibilant intake of breath

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Wired certainly seems to have lost all credibility when it comes to environmental issues. They seem to lack essential critical thinking skills.

a sibilant intake of breath

]]> Comment #3 by sunflower http://www.grist.org/article/wired-jumps-the-shark-once-too-often-and-is-eaten-alive/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:26:31 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/wired-jumps-the-shark-once-too-often-and-is-eaten-alive/3 To be or not to be on the cover of Wired.

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]]> Comment #4 by 2wheeler http://www.grist.org/article/wired-jumps-the-shark-once-too-often-and-is-eaten-alive/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:51:01 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/wired-jumps-the-shark-once-too-often-and-is-eaten-alive/4 Yeah Wired is Tired

Yawn.  To use their own rating terminology (already jumped the shark). The latest issue does include a short list of "oops, we got it very wrong" acknowledgements of their past predictions from 12+ years.  I'm thinking the list needs to be much longer.  Their cover story this month is yet another example of overblown hyperbole, beginning with the story headlines.

With Wired content I have been noticing that the more I know about a topic they are covering, the more obvious it is that they are simply skimming over, if not entirely missing the salient points of what they are attempting to feature.  That gives me low confidence in their other articles treating subjects about which I am less expert.  The feature stories painting the human pictures of tech-obsessed individuals seem to be a bit more interesting to read, from an entertainment (fiction or nonfiction, makes less of a difference) standpoint at least.

Wired subsists on an incestuous techno-hubris that is far too light on critical thinking, especially when it comes to understanding the complexity of the biosphere, ecosystems, etc. If we are indeed near global climate tippingpoints, these things all matter very much.  Wired continues to apply a very flat mechanistic world view, rather than synergistic or biological.  Although their magazine features some exciting online web content about Buckminster Fuller's legacy-- the godfather of synergy-- I would rather see Wired spend a year reviewing those works and concepts which continue to be underappreciated.  From the "one-ocean world" concept on up.

Sorry folks, I didn't mean to ramble on here but I've been a Wired subscriber for something like a decade, and it has been tough to see the devolution of the capital they had accreted. They've pulled the supply cord to their own plug tight and are tripping over it with each new issue.  The content quantity and quality continues to dwindle.

I appreciate Joseph R's tip on Technology Review, and will check it out soon.

Moving toward sustainability with hopefulness, one revolution at a time.

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Yawn.  To use their own rating terminology (already jumped the shark). The latest issue does include a short list of "oops, we got it very wrong" acknowledgements of their past predictions from 12+ years.  I'm thinking the list needs to be much longer.  Their cover story this month is yet another example of overblown hyperbole, beginning with the story headlines.

With Wired content I have been noticing that the more I know about a topic they are covering, the more obvious it is that they are simply skimming over, if not entirely missing the salient points of what they are attempting to feature.  That gives me low confidence in their other articles treating subjects about which I am less expert.  The feature stories painting the human pictures of tech-obsessed individuals seem to be a bit more interesting to read, from an entertainment (fiction or nonfiction, makes less of a difference) standpoint at least.

Wired subsists on an incestuous techno-hubris that is far too light on critical thinking, especially when it comes to understanding the complexity of the biosphere, ecosystems, etc. If we are indeed near global climate tippingpoints, these things all matter very much.  Wired continues to apply a very flat mechanistic world view, rather than synergistic or biological.  Although their magazine features some exciting online web content about Buckminster Fuller's legacy-- the godfather of synergy-- I would rather see Wired spend a year reviewing those works and concepts which continue to be underappreciated.  From the "one-ocean world" concept on up.

Sorry folks, I didn't mean to ramble on here but I've been a Wired subscriber for something like a decade, and it has been tough to see the devolution of the capital they had accreted. They've pulled the supply cord to their own plug tight and are tripping over it with each new issue.  The content quantity and quality continues to dwindle.

I appreciate Joseph R's tip on Technology Review, and will check it out soon.

Moving toward sustainability with hopefulness, one revolution at a time.

]]> Comment #5 by Wolverine http://www.grist.org/article/wired-jumps-the-shark-once-too-often-and-is-eaten-alive/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:59:08 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/wired-jumps-the-shark-once-too-often-and-is-eaten-alive/5 Where The Extremes Meet

I fully agree with Edward Teller's and Lowell Wood's assertion that people are not willing to give up their Earth-destroying ways.  This HAS been borne out by the fact that of even those who realize that human activities are causing global warming, the vast majority are not willing to change their behaviors that are causing it.

Of course, Edward Teller was an international criminal who deserved to be executed as much or more than anyone ever, a true psychopath, who I've never agreed with on anything before.  But if you think mere technology will solve anything without major reductions in both human population and consumption, all I can say is get your head out of the sand and start dealing with reality.

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I fully agree with Edward Teller's and Lowell Wood's assertion that people are not willing to give up their Earth-destroying ways.  This HAS been borne out by the fact that of even those who realize that human activities are causing global warming, the vast majority are not willing to change their behaviors that are causing it.

Of course, Edward Teller was an international criminal who deserved to be executed as much or more than anyone ever, a true psychopath, who I've never agreed with on anything before.  But if you think mere technology will solve anything without major reductions in both human population and consumption, all I can say is get your head out of the sand and start dealing with reality.

]]> Comment #6 by Delay And Deny http://www.grist.org/article/wired-jumps-the-shark-once-too-often-and-is-eaten-alive/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:58:37 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/wired-jumps-the-shark-once-too-often-and-is-eaten-alive/6 H2 + 0

Anyone can make hydrogen in their backyard.

That's why the Wind-Solar Combines fear it.

Gore and Company are salivating to make everyone stay on the grid and buy their electricity to pump into their hybrid car.

H2 is disruptive, because an individual can harness it.

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Anyone can make hydrogen in their backyard.

That's why the Wind-Solar Combines fear it.

Gore and Company are salivating to make everyone stay on the grid and buy their electricity to pump into their hybrid car.

H2 is disruptive, because an individual can harness it.

]]> Comment #7 by sindark http://www.grist.org/article/wired-jumps-the-shark-once-too-often-and-is-eaten-alive/ Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:14:19 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/wired-jumps-the-shark-once-too-often-and-is-eaten-alive/7 Hydrogen is an inferior energy source

"H2 is disruptive, because an individual can harness it."

An individual can clearly produce their own electricity. Using it to make hydrogen seems awfully inefficient, when electricity is a superior form of energy to begin with.

a sibilant intake of breath

]]> Hydrogen is an inferior energy source

"H2 is disruptive, because an individual can harness it."

An individual can clearly produce their own electricity. Using it to make hydrogen seems awfully inefficient, when electricity is a superior form of energy to begin with.

a sibilant intake of breath

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