What Future?
@whatfuture2050.bsky.social
The world is changing at break neck speed and we're heading to a very different future. The focus here is on what future we want, the default or one we shape?
(including posts from HumansWLorD on X)
(including posts from HumansWLorD on X)
Today's billionaire tech oligarchs are using their wealth (not "genius") to ensure their dominance into the future. We have to ask the question is such massive power over society in a handful of hands best for our future?
It's not a question that will see any decent airtime on mainstream media.
It's not a question that will see any decent airtime on mainstream media.
June 16, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Today's billionaire tech oligarchs are using their wealth (not "genius") to ensure their dominance into the future. We have to ask the question is such massive power over society in a handful of hands best for our future?
It's not a question that will see any decent airtime on mainstream media.
It's not a question that will see any decent airtime on mainstream media.
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So, the 7th of our 9 planetary boundaries was shattered 5 YEARS AGO.
Multiple timebombs ticking loudly, but our ‘leaders’ are frantically stuffing fossil fuel & corporate donations in their ears.
Multiple timebombs ticking loudly, but our ‘leaders’ are frantically stuffing fossil fuel & corporate donations in their ears.
‘Ticking timebomb’: sea acidity has reached critical levels, threatening entire ecosystems – study
Ocean acidification has already crossed a crucial threshold for planetary health, scientists say in unexpected finding
www.theguardian.com
June 9, 2025 at 9:26 AM
So, the 7th of our 9 planetary boundaries was shattered 5 YEARS AGO.
Multiple timebombs ticking loudly, but our ‘leaders’ are frantically stuffing fossil fuel & corporate donations in their ears.
Multiple timebombs ticking loudly, but our ‘leaders’ are frantically stuffing fossil fuel & corporate donations in their ears.
The Uber-ification of Work Is Exploding in Latin America
Gig work is surging delivery, rides, services
New report tracks the boom and the growing risks for workers
No protections. No security. No guarantees.
Is this the model for the Global South?
www.ilo.org/resource/new...
Gig work is surging delivery, rides, services
New report tracks the boom and the growing risks for workers
No protections. No security. No guarantees.
Is this the model for the Global South?
www.ilo.org/resource/new...
April 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The Uber-ification of Work Is Exploding in Latin America
Gig work is surging delivery, rides, services
New report tracks the boom and the growing risks for workers
No protections. No security. No guarantees.
Is this the model for the Global South?
www.ilo.org/resource/new...
Gig work is surging delivery, rides, services
New report tracks the boom and the growing risks for workers
No protections. No security. No guarantees.
Is this the model for the Global South?
www.ilo.org/resource/new...
Can AI Learn to Care?
Social workers deal in trust, emotion, empathy.
Now AI is entering the profession.
UT Austin’s working group is asking:
Should tech be allowed into the most human of jobs?
thedailytexan.com/2025/04/20/s...
Social workers deal in trust, emotion, empathy.
Now AI is entering the profession.
UT Austin’s working group is asking:
Should tech be allowed into the most human of jobs?
thedailytexan.com/2025/04/20/s...
April 29, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Can AI Learn to Care?
Social workers deal in trust, emotion, empathy.
Now AI is entering the profession.
UT Austin’s working group is asking:
Should tech be allowed into the most human of jobs?
thedailytexan.com/2025/04/20/s...
Social workers deal in trust, emotion, empathy.
Now AI is entering the profession.
UT Austin’s working group is asking:
Should tech be allowed into the most human of jobs?
thedailytexan.com/2025/04/20/s...
"This is what a digital coup looks like."
@carolecadwalla ’s warning on Silicon Valley power and creeping authoritarianism is urgent, terrifying — and right.
The time to reclaim democracy from tech billionaires is now.
Article: www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...
@carolecadwalla ’s warning on Silicon Valley power and creeping authoritarianism is urgent, terrifying — and right.
The time to reclaim democracy from tech billionaires is now.
Article: www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...
April 28, 2025 at 8:22 AM
"This is what a digital coup looks like."
@carolecadwalla ’s warning on Silicon Valley power and creeping authoritarianism is urgent, terrifying — and right.
The time to reclaim democracy from tech billionaires is now.
Article: www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...
@carolecadwalla ’s warning on Silicon Valley power and creeping authoritarianism is urgent, terrifying — and right.
The time to reclaim democracy from tech billionaires is now.
Article: www.theguardian.com/global/2025/...
Pope Francis on AI and Connection
In his final months, Pope Francis made it clear:
Don’t let AI replace human connection.
Don’t let screens replace solidarity.
Even the Vatican saw the warning signs
Details: www.euronews.com/next/2025/04...
In his final months, Pope Francis made it clear:
Don’t let AI replace human connection.
Don’t let screens replace solidarity.
Even the Vatican saw the warning signs
Details: www.euronews.com/next/2025/04...
April 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Pope Francis on AI and Connection
In his final months, Pope Francis made it clear:
Don’t let AI replace human connection.
Don’t let screens replace solidarity.
Even the Vatican saw the warning signs
Details: www.euronews.com/next/2025/04...
In his final months, Pope Francis made it clear:
Don’t let AI replace human connection.
Don’t let screens replace solidarity.
Even the Vatican saw the warning signs
Details: www.euronews.com/next/2025/04...
AI's Economic Gains vs. Environmental Costs
AI might boost global GDP by 0.5% a year but at what cost?
Training models consumes gigantic amounts of energy
The climate bill could rival emissions from major countries
Tech gains can't come on a dead planet
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
AI might boost global GDP by 0.5% a year but at what cost?
Training models consumes gigantic amounts of energy
The climate bill could rival emissions from major countries
Tech gains can't come on a dead planet
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
April 25, 2025 at 3:52 PM
AI's Economic Gains vs. Environmental Costs
AI might boost global GDP by 0.5% a year but at what cost?
Training models consumes gigantic amounts of energy
The climate bill could rival emissions from major countries
Tech gains can't come on a dead planet
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
AI might boost global GDP by 0.5% a year but at what cost?
Training models consumes gigantic amounts of energy
The climate bill could rival emissions from major countries
Tech gains can't come on a dead planet
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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How does climate change impact the distribution of wealth? In Nature Climate Change we map out the impact channels.
There's a lot we don’t know yet & much depends on how societies decide to allocate burdens & upsides of climate change. 1/6
@lucaschancel.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
There's a lot we don’t know yet & much depends on how societies decide to allocate burdens & upsides of climate change. 1/6
@lucaschancel.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
March 3, 2025 at 10:34 PM
How does climate change impact the distribution of wealth? In Nature Climate Change we map out the impact channels.
There's a lot we don’t know yet & much depends on how societies decide to allocate burdens & upsides of climate change. 1/6
@lucaschancel.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
There's a lot we don’t know yet & much depends on how societies decide to allocate burdens & upsides of climate change. 1/6
@lucaschancel.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
February 10, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Plastic is oil. It gives people cancer, makes as much carbon pollution in the US as burning coal, and is now in everything: land, sea, food, water, and our bodies.
And the only word Big Oil knows is "MORE."
And the only word Big Oil knows is "MORE."
Exxon is quietly planning a new $8.6 billion plastics plant in Texas
Exxon's proposal for a plastics factory on the Gulf Coast raises alarms for a community already dealing with pollution.
grist.org
February 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Plastic is oil. It gives people cancer, makes as much carbon pollution in the US as burning coal, and is now in everything: land, sea, food, water, and our bodies.
And the only word Big Oil knows is "MORE."
And the only word Big Oil knows is "MORE."
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What happens in the Arctic doesn't stay in the Arctic. It affects you.
www.intellinews.com/arctic-set-t...
www.intellinews.com/arctic-set-t...
Arctic set to undergo irreversible damage as hopes of hitting the 1.5C Paris target fade
The Arctic is set to undergo dramatic and irreversible changes in the coming years if global warming reaches 2.7°C above pre-industrial levels, ...
www.intellinews.com
February 10, 2025 at 9:55 AM
What happens in the Arctic doesn't stay in the Arctic. It affects you.
www.intellinews.com/arctic-set-t...
www.intellinews.com/arctic-set-t...
The AI impact on jobs is already here: 41% of companies worldwide plan to reduce workforces by 2030 due to AI. Who's talking about what will happens to jobs in the future?
41% of companies worldwide plan to reduce workforces by 2030 due to AI | CNN Business
Artificial intelligence is coming for your job: 41% of employers intend to downsize their workforce as AI automates certain tasks, a World Economic Forum survey showed Wednesday.
edition.cnn.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
The AI impact on jobs is already here: 41% of companies worldwide plan to reduce workforces by 2030 due to AI. Who's talking about what will happens to jobs in the future?
Agree, climate adaptation should be one of the biggest issues we should be focusing on to deal with the climate future. Yet not a trace of it in the elections in the UK, France and US in 2024. No sign of it appearing in 2025's German election. So if not now then when?
tweet via @meadwaj.bsky.social
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December 9, 2024 at 10:14 AM
Agree, climate adaptation should be one of the biggest issues we should be focusing on to deal with the climate future. Yet not a trace of it in the elections in the UK, France and US in 2024. No sign of it appearing in 2025's German election. So if not now then when?
tweet via @meadwaj.bsky.social
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Generative AI job postings increase tenfold in the past year. #AI related jobs still make up a tiny number of the total listings.They were just 0.12% of all global job postings. In the U.S., AI jobs make up just shy of 2% of all postings.
(via HumansWLorD)
www.fastcompany.com/91136553/gen...
(via HumansWLorD)
www.fastcompany.com/91136553/gen...
Generative AI job postings increase tenfold in the past year
Over the past two years, from April 2022 to April 2024, Indeed saw a 75-times increase in generative AI job postings.
www.fastcompany.com
December 4, 2024 at 11:17 AM
Generative AI job postings increase tenfold in the past year. #AI related jobs still make up a tiny number of the total listings.They were just 0.12% of all global job postings. In the U.S., AI jobs make up just shy of 2% of all postings.
(via HumansWLorD)
www.fastcompany.com/91136553/gen...
(via HumansWLorD)
www.fastcompany.com/91136553/gen...
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The costs of doing nothing while the planet is decimated are far greater than the risks of standing up to a culture that is killing the world. Inaction guarantees total collapse, while resistance holds at least the possibility of preserving some measure of life and integrity for the future.
November 16, 2024 at 3:01 PM
The costs of doing nothing while the planet is decimated are far greater than the risks of standing up to a culture that is killing the world. Inaction guarantees total collapse, while resistance holds at least the possibility of preserving some measure of life and integrity for the future.
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This is exactly why, I argue, we need to stop talking about the need to "reduce emissions" and start talking about the need to "phase out fossil fuels."
www.wired.com/story/fossil...
www.wired.com/story/fossil...
November 29, 2024 at 9:13 PM
This is exactly why, I argue, we need to stop talking about the need to "reduce emissions" and start talking about the need to "phase out fossil fuels."
www.wired.com/story/fossil...
www.wired.com/story/fossil...
Waterworld Britain - Add these two maps together, the areas that will are hardest hit by rainfall floods and burst rivers with ones that will be hit by sea level rise.
Climate change means BOTH a hotter and wetter future. What are the government doing to prepare for this?
Climate change means BOTH a hotter and wetter future. What are the government doing to prepare for this?
November 26, 2024 at 9:59 AM
Waterworld Britain - Add these two maps together, the areas that will are hardest hit by rainfall floods and burst rivers with ones that will be hit by sea level rise.
Climate change means BOTH a hotter and wetter future. What are the government doing to prepare for this?
Climate change means BOTH a hotter and wetter future. What are the government doing to prepare for this?
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Calling univ profs & lecturers! If you want to bring concepts from Doughnut Economics into your teaching, we've just launched a webpage bursting with resources for you: 7 slide decks, reading lists, videos & activities - all open access. Dive in & pls reshare! doughnuteconomics.org/university-c...
November 25, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Calling univ profs & lecturers! If you want to bring concepts from Doughnut Economics into your teaching, we've just launched a webpage bursting with resources for you: 7 slide decks, reading lists, videos & activities - all open access. Dive in & pls reshare! doughnuteconomics.org/university-c...
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In the post climate change world extreme conditions are becoming more frequent. Everywhere will need to adapt #NomadCentury #TheLastDrop
My rain gauge results are in - Storm Bert delivered 111mm to my back garden (Oxfordshire) in just 2 days. That's the biggest single rainfall event I've recorded in 4 years of keeping records, other than 2 months ago, when we got 141mm. Rainfall is changing very rapidly people. #TheLastDrop
November 25, 2024 at 10:48 AM
In the post climate change world extreme conditions are becoming more frequent. Everywhere will need to adapt #NomadCentury #TheLastDrop
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Rich countries don't want to repay low-income countries for adaptation.
But remember that climate impacts for the average citizen of a low-income country at 1.5°C of global warming won't be felt by ~40% of people living in high-income countries until >3°C. That is climate injustice. #COP29
But remember that climate impacts for the average citizen of a low-income country at 1.5°C of global warming won't be felt by ~40% of people living in high-income countries until >3°C. That is climate injustice. #COP29
November 15, 2024 at 10:35 AM
Rich countries don't want to repay low-income countries for adaptation.
But remember that climate impacts for the average citizen of a low-income country at 1.5°C of global warming won't be felt by ~40% of people living in high-income countries until >3°C. That is climate injustice. #COP29
But remember that climate impacts for the average citizen of a low-income country at 1.5°C of global warming won't be felt by ~40% of people living in high-income countries until >3°C. That is climate injustice. #COP29
People in the UK are increasingly exposed to dangerous extreme heat, as global health threats of #climatechange reach record-breaking levels
Article: https://www.itv.com/news/2024-10-29/uk-increasingly-exposed-to-health-threatening-extreme-heat
Article: https://www.itv.com/news/2024-10-29/uk-increasingly-exposed-to-health-threatening-extreme-heat
October 30, 2024 at 8:12 AM
People in the UK are increasingly exposed to dangerous extreme heat, as global health threats of #climatechange reach record-breaking levels
Article: https://www.itv.com/news/2024-10-29/uk-increasingly-exposed-to-health-threatening-extreme-heat
Article: https://www.itv.com/news/2024-10-29/uk-increasingly-exposed-to-health-threatening-extreme-heat