Author of "The Geek Way" and More from Less;" coauthor of "The Second Machine Age;" proponent of human and planetary flourishing.
Dec 26, 2020 • 18 tweets • 7 min read
I’ve gotten some great viewing recs via Twitter (thanks, @atabarrok, for “My Octopus Teacher”), so here are mine. There are the series I watched in 2020 with my pandemic podpal, aka Mom.
There are 15 of them, arranged from top to bottom by my objective view of their awesomeness (mom largely agrees, FWIW). I hope they give you some viewing ideas. Please respond with your own faves. AND NOW, THE LIST:
Apr 14, 2020 • 13 tweets • 6 min read
THREAD!
Toby @thll, thanks for the great and well-phrased question: “would you agree it's reasonable to set science-informed boundaries on prosperity..” for the sake of the environment? As I explained in @Newsweek, my answer is an emphatic “No:” newsweek.com/how-we-can-hav…
In short, because science and evidence inform us that boundaries on prosperity are NOT necessary for us to be better stewards of the Earth. Longer explanation follows:
Feb 13, 2020 • 23 tweets • 10 min read
A THREAD (with visuals!) on where the unicorns are around the world:
At #Davos and elsewhere recently, I’ve been in lots of discussions about nat’l competitiveness, innovation policy, etc. as we move deeper into the 4th Ind. Revolution, 2nd Machine Age, or whatever we call it.
Jan 28, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
"More from Less" response to criticism thread, part 2:
The upper continental crust of the Earth weighs about 7*10^21 kg. 80 billion tonnes is 8*10^13 kg. So we’re consuming ~0.000001% of the planet under our feet annually. That’s… not scary at all. ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2007AGUFM.…
Of course, the above is a ridiculous calculation. That’s the point. It’s as ridiculous as modeling global tonnage of materials and thinking that the resulting number means anything about scarcity, or sustainability, or much of anything else.
Jan 28, 2020 • 25 tweets • 7 min read
"More from Less" response to criticism thread, part 1: @Jasonhickel recently posted a thread refuting the claims I make in my book “More from Less.” So, time to respond. threadreaderapp.com/thread/1221033…
The main reason to respond here is to discuss the research Hickel and others rely on to state, repeatedly, that we humans are taking too much from the earth year after year.
Dec 3, 2019 • 21 tweets • 7 min read
MORE FROM LESS BOOK THREAD: GLOBALIZATION / OFFSHORING EDITION
In person and on Twitter, several people have argued that the dematerialization of the US economy -- the recent pattern of increasing GDP while decreasing resource use -- is a mirage. amazon.com/More-Less-Surp…
Their argument is that we’re NOT using fewer resources over time in America; instead, we’re now importing more of them year after year from China (and other countries).
Oct 17, 2019 • 13 tweets • 5 min read
MORE FROM LESS BOOK THREAD: GLOBALIZATION / OFFSHORING EDITION
In talks and on Twitter, several people have advanced the idea that the dematerialization of the US economy is a mirage.
Their argument is that we’re NOT using fewer resources over time in America; instead, we’re now importing more of them year after year from China (and other countries).
Sep 23, 2019 • 17 tweets • 7 min read
#MorefromLess BOOK THREAD
My new book “More from Less” is now available for preorder. Here are 10 of its main claims: amazon.com/More-Less-Surp…1. We have finally learned to tread more lightly on our planet, as evidence from the US shows. Total consumption of most resources is now trending downward over time, a phenomenon called “dematerialization.” Pollution levels are also falling. amazon.com/More-Less-Surp…
