![]() ![]() We need to save those aspects, those smarts, the way we do when we save books, before they are lost forever. It takes millions of years for life to coalesce in this way, which is why it’s so tragic when species are lost, that the latent space of ecological knowledge is degraded in this way. When I look at an animal, that’s what I see: intelligence about a biome, compressed and extracted by evolution into a living form. Some passages are really eerie, and of course the whole time you’re wondering about what consciousness or intelligence (or even authorship) actually means. Together they muse upon climate change and cybernetics. Pharmako-AIĪn exchange between K Allado-McDowell and GPT-3. I saw that adrienne maree brown and Toshi Reagon have a podcast solely focused on the two books, but haven’t listened yet. Butler’s dystopia is so gut-wrenching and horrifyingly prescient. ![]() It’s the sequel to Parable of the Sower, which I read about a year ago and loved, but needed a bit of a break before continuing in that world. I guess you could say I read a lot about climate change and societal collapse. I just finished Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler. ![]() Particularly how Robinson weaves together scientific and economic ideas for mitigation and adaptation with compelling human stories. I haven’t finished it yet but I’m thoroughly enjoying it. It uses the space of fiction to produce a polyphonic, multi-scalar, politically-essential, and thoroughly engaging thought-experiment: a playbook of prototypes for concrete steps to work against climate catastrophe now. Similar to the seventh generation principle of many indigenous cultures.Īs Prem Krishnamurthy summarises in his latest newsletter: The eponymous ministry was set up to advocate for the world’s future generations of citizens as if their rights are as valid as the present generation’s. This book is a near future science fiction novel focused back here on Earth. I really enjoyed Kim Stanley Robinson’s writing style in Red Mars, but felt a bit conflicted reading it because I hate the frontier mentality and techno-solutionism that usually comes along with the idea of colonising Mars. I’m simultaneously reading a few books that feel interconnected: The Ministry for the Future I’ve been drawing lots of Major Arcana cards, which indicates deep shifts and changes. ![]() As of this week, I’m living in Vilnius for a few months while HM does the Rupert residency. ![]()
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