Unfortunately this does mean that many of our support systems from the housing people live in to local services need to adapt to this new world. Or we can try to "reverse" evolution as per the Minister for Biz - dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1… ... which never works out well.
And there are reasons - though mostly to do with power relationships, existing capital - for why some very traditionally minded folk want to get everyone back into the office. I say that with a touch of scorn because they are threatening future competitiveness for self interest.
But the importance of power and control mechanisms on restricting the population are not lost on me. I understand how society has used physical location as a barrier i.e. in the past when you changed jobs, many often needed to change house, the kids school etc ...
,,, and I am mindful that as those restrictions / constraints / pressures have been reduced then the population has often turned more rebellious over other constraints. But I want us to adapt not re-apply those old systems of oppression.
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X : You don't like Web3?
Me : I don't like some of the ideology in cryptocurrencies that have tied themselves to the changes going on.
X : What about the metaverse?
Me : That's obviously the future, has been for sometime. I'm not sure that I want Zuckerberg to be the Architect.
X : Most would disagree about the metaverse.
Me : Only a minority thought cloud was the future. Only a minority thought serverless was the future, In all of these circumstances there are specific reasons related to industrialisation of the technology why the minority are right.
Me : The majority will first disagree (sticking with what they know) and then try to argue for a hybrid world ... it'll be wrong.
X : Is the minority always right?
Me : Nope. There are very specific circumstances related to industrialisation when you know the minority are right.
X : Where are your maps used?
Me : Hmmm ... from Space to Sexual Health Campaigns to Reducing Global Poverty to Startup Accelerators to Nation State Competition to Personal Career Development to Financial Shorting to Delivering COVID tests and ... everything in between.
X : No specific areas like technology?
Me : Nope. People appear to find them useful in all sorts of different areas. The "technology" angle is only because I started teaching them in the open source community first because that's the community I belong to.
X : Do you have a list?
Me : Of what?
X : Places it is used?
Me : Why?
X : Is it relevant to my industry?
Me : Ah. So, it's only relevant if other people are using it? I would just wait, you'll find out naturally if you give it enough time.
X : How do we make cryptocurrency more environmentally friendly?
Me : Get rid of everything but CBDCs.
X : What if we change the consensus algorithm?
Me : That'll make crypotcurrencies less obscene but it won't make them environmentally friendly.
X : Why CBDC?
Me : At the heart of the environmental debate are the issues of inequality. To resolve this you'll need centralised authority. The current crop of decentralised cryptocurrencies have levels of inequality that are more obscene than we get with fiat currencies.
X : Can that not be resolved in the cryptocurrency itself?
Me : A system of greed which desires no central authority suddenly going "we should be responsible". That's right up there with "trickle down effect","the economy is a meritocracy" and "self regulation in finance"
X : How much do you pay in electricity per year?
Me : I don't. They pay me. I live in a largish 4 bed house, everything is electricity (lighting, cooking, heating etc) but the combination of batteries, solar array, off peak power and feed-in means my annual bill is very negative.
X : How negative?
Me : I make about £400-£500 a year. I'm going to get more solar panels, more batteries soon enough. I've got more insulation to add etc ... so I should be able to do better. I also need to cut down on my water consumption.
X : How much is that?
Me : Too much.
X : ?
Me : About 105 litres per person per day. It's way too much but I've been focused on electricity and the vegetable patch. I'll start putting more effort into water.
X : What's the average in the UK?
Me : That's insane. 142 litres per person per day.
... this could really scupper Boris depending upon how many and what type of stories come out. Just needs a few ... I had to vote for [pick unpopular bill] otherwise they were going to cut [pick popular local activity]
X : Why is this worse that parties?
Me : I'll use the culture map to explain ...
X : Did you watch PM's question time?
Me : Yep. I usually catch it in the evening. parliamentlive.tv is very good.
X : Do you think Boris is gone?
Me : I hope not and I don't think so. He is better than the likely alternatives from his party.
There are many things I dislike about Boris. For instance, I don't trust him. There are many things I dislike about the current legislative agenda. There have been many mistakes verging on corruption.
But Boris is the best of the likely bunch and he does battle well.