Josh Giraud
@joshgiraud.bsky.social
I've been keeping a playlist of youtube videos for the last year or so called "Are cities the future or not ?" - and this is definitely the most emblematic video of the whole playlist that I've seen so far ...
The Price of Progress: What Tokyo Looks Like at 8AM
YouTube video by Salaryman Tokyo
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October 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I've been keeping a playlist of youtube videos for the last year or so called "Are cities the future or not ?" - and this is definitely the most emblematic video of the whole playlist that I've seen so far ...
In the future, all the flat places in the world will be terraformed into hillier or semi-mountainous places - until there are no more completely flat places left in the world 🙏
July 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
In the future, all the flat places in the world will be terraformed into hillier or semi-mountainous places - until there are no more completely flat places left in the world 🙏
We haven't zoomed out enough yet
July 4, 2025 at 6:25 AM
We haven't zoomed out enough yet
Just on a basic level it seems like the world could use a little more stopping and considering all the ways the world has changed over the last few decades... 🤔 It isn't really normal or natural to have this amount of change with barely any collective processing of it
June 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Just on a basic level it seems like the world could use a little more stopping and considering all the ways the world has changed over the last few decades... 🤔 It isn't really normal or natural to have this amount of change with barely any collective processing of it
It's really dumb how there's just no good communication channels at all anymore :/
June 17, 2025 at 5:20 AM
It's really dumb how there's just no good communication channels at all anymore :/
A really fantastic and educational convo :
Learning about all the effects of the dollar being the global reserve currency and how it's actually one of the biggest reasons America is the way it is has been pretty eye-opening over the last few months...
Learning about all the effects of the dollar being the global reserve currency and how it's actually one of the biggest reasons America is the way it is has been pretty eye-opening over the last few months...
Lyn Alden on Changing World Order: Reserve Currency Tradeoffs, Trade Deficits & U.S. Hegemony Shift
YouTube video by Natalie Brunell
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June 17, 2025 at 3:37 AM
A really fantastic and educational convo :
Learning about all the effects of the dollar being the global reserve currency and how it's actually one of the biggest reasons America is the way it is has been pretty eye-opening over the last few months...
Learning about all the effects of the dollar being the global reserve currency and how it's actually one of the biggest reasons America is the way it is has been pretty eye-opening over the last few months...
"When you don't know who you are, you can only define yourself and create a sense of self through who you're not."
(paraphrased from Richard Rohr)
(paraphrased from Richard Rohr)
June 14, 2025 at 2:05 AM
"When you don't know who you are, you can only define yourself and create a sense of self through who you're not."
(paraphrased from Richard Rohr)
(paraphrased from Richard Rohr)
A good read that lays out a lot of my same thoughts...
"What I’m asking is... What does it mean in 2025 to be an American?"
That's a good question...
"What I’m asking is... What does it mean in 2025 to be an American?"
That's a good question...
Will Trump force America to break up?
He seems determined to try.
www.motherjones.com
June 12, 2025 at 5:25 AM
A good read that lays out a lot of my same thoughts...
"What I’m asking is... What does it mean in 2025 to be an American?"
That's a good question...
"What I’m asking is... What does it mean in 2025 to be an American?"
That's a good question...
If you don't have place-based culture you have nothing 🙃
June 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
If you don't have place-based culture you have nothing 🙃
Guys, that was a bunch of settler colonial and industrial age shit... It's time to move on now
June 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Guys, that was a bunch of settler colonial and industrial age shit... It's time to move on now
So does anyone think it actually makes sense for America to still need to be one giant country at this point..? 🤔 (Asking for a friend)
June 10, 2025 at 10:36 PM
So does anyone think it actually makes sense for America to still need to be one giant country at this point..? 🤔 (Asking for a friend)
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It would be kinda nice to just skip ahead to the part where America inevitably breaks up into 10-ish smaller (and bioregional) countries... :/
April 20, 2025 at 4:10 AM
It would be kinda nice to just skip ahead to the part where America inevitably breaks up into 10-ish smaller (and bioregional) countries... :/
A snippet from an AI chat I've been having the last few days about how a lot of America's problem is that it doesnt actually have the best geography for supporting healthy, vibrant democratic society...
TL;DR:
Eastern US = Way too flat
Western US = Less flat, but mostly too dry apart from the coast
TL;DR:
Eastern US = Way too flat
Western US = Less flat, but mostly too dry apart from the coast
June 6, 2025 at 10:40 PM
A snippet from an AI chat I've been having the last few days about how a lot of America's problem is that it doesnt actually have the best geography for supporting healthy, vibrant democratic society...
TL;DR:
Eastern US = Way too flat
Western US = Less flat, but mostly too dry apart from the coast
TL;DR:
Eastern US = Way too flat
Western US = Less flat, but mostly too dry apart from the coast
Reposted by Josh Giraud
this place really just doesn't have the juice yet
June 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
this place really just doesn't have the juice yet
Reposted by Josh Giraud
I'm sorry but it's a little sad that it's 2025 and this is basically the best social media app there is :(
May 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I'm sorry but it's a little sad that it's 2025 and this is basically the best social media app there is :(
According to this poll 68% of people think large cities are on the decline / are trying to move out of them, compared to 27% who think they're not, or who at least still like visiting them. Sounds about right... 🤔
#citiesarenotthefuture #ecovillagesare
#citiesarenotthefuture #ecovillagesare
May 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
According to this poll 68% of people think large cities are on the decline / are trying to move out of them, compared to 27% who think they're not, or who at least still like visiting them. Sounds about right... 🤔
#citiesarenotthefuture #ecovillagesare
#citiesarenotthefuture #ecovillagesare
So, ChatGPT is actually pretty good at explaining why a fully sustainable world (on all levels and not just in terms of energy) isn't possible with a high percentage of people living in cities and 100% requires a rural, decentralized, village-scale type of society....
May 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
So, ChatGPT is actually pretty good at explaining why a fully sustainable world (on all levels and not just in terms of energy) isn't possible with a high percentage of people living in cities and 100% requires a rural, decentralized, village-scale type of society....
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I'm excited to say my new book 'Finding Lights in a Dark Age: Sharing Land, Work & Craft' will be published in the UK on 14 Oct & in the US on Nov 11
Preorder links here: rizzoliusa.com/buy-online/9...
#DarkAgeLight
Preorder links here: rizzoliusa.com/buy-online/9...
#DarkAgeLight
Buy Online - Rizzoli New York
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May 20, 2025 at 10:43 AM
I'm excited to say my new book 'Finding Lights in a Dark Age: Sharing Land, Work & Craft' will be published in the UK on 14 Oct & in the US on Nov 11
Preorder links here: rizzoliusa.com/buy-online/9...
#DarkAgeLight
Preorder links here: rizzoliusa.com/buy-online/9...
#DarkAgeLight
A great little article that answers the main question we should be talking about when talking about Trump's tariffs - Trump's tariffs aren't a real plan to create a re-localized economy and are just about playing off of people's desire for that, but what would a real plan actually look like..?
Trump’s Tariffs = Localist Liberation? by Local Futures
Blog 'Trump’s Tariffs = Localist Liberation?' by Helena Norberg-Hodge and Henry Coleman - Last week, on so-called “Liberation Day,”...
www.localfutures.org
May 3, 2025 at 12:45 AM
A great little article that answers the main question we should be talking about when talking about Trump's tariffs - Trump's tariffs aren't a real plan to create a re-localized economy and are just about playing off of people's desire for that, but what would a real plan actually look like..?
Asking ChatGPT about the housing crisis - 🏡🤔
"the problem isn't just 'not enough apartments'—it's that modern urban civilization may be reaching a tipping point.
Perhaps the solution isn't just 'build more urban housing' but reimagine settlement patterns—e.g., eco-villages, decentralized regions"
"the problem isn't just 'not enough apartments'—it's that modern urban civilization may be reaching a tipping point.
Perhaps the solution isn't just 'build more urban housing' but reimagine settlement patterns—e.g., eco-villages, decentralized regions"
April 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Asking ChatGPT about the housing crisis - 🏡🤔
"the problem isn't just 'not enough apartments'—it's that modern urban civilization may be reaching a tipping point.
Perhaps the solution isn't just 'build more urban housing' but reimagine settlement patterns—e.g., eco-villages, decentralized regions"
"the problem isn't just 'not enough apartments'—it's that modern urban civilization may be reaching a tipping point.
Perhaps the solution isn't just 'build more urban housing' but reimagine settlement patterns—e.g., eco-villages, decentralized regions"
Something I'm kinda grateful to ChatGPT for helping make even more completely obvious than it already is is how the minimum amount of explanation and conversation needed for just a basic summarized understanding of pretty much anything is almost always at least about 10x as long as the average...
April 27, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Something I'm kinda grateful to ChatGPT for helping make even more completely obvious than it already is is how the minimum amount of explanation and conversation needed for just a basic summarized understanding of pretty much anything is almost always at least about 10x as long as the average...
Not really sure why nobody seems to be talking about the potentially highly symbiotic relationship between high-speed rail and regenerative agriculture... 🤔
April 23, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Not really sure why nobody seems to be talking about the potentially highly symbiotic relationship between high-speed rail and regenerative agriculture... 🤔
It would be kinda nice to just skip ahead to the part where America inevitably breaks up into 10-ish smaller (and bioregional) countries... :/
April 20, 2025 at 4:10 AM
It would be kinda nice to just skip ahead to the part where America inevitably breaks up into 10-ish smaller (and bioregional) countries... :/
Great really clear and informative interview...
Also, where he said the global reserve currency is like a "hot potato," I literally had that same thought yesterday, lol.
Also, where he said the global reserve currency is like a "hot potato," I literally had that same thought yesterday, lol.
'This is amateur hour': Joseph Stiglitz on Trump tariffs and China
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
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April 13, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Great really clear and informative interview...
Also, where he said the global reserve currency is like a "hot potato," I literally had that same thought yesterday, lol.
Also, where he said the global reserve currency is like a "hot potato," I literally had that same thought yesterday, lol.