Too Big To Fail. Too Dangerous To Release.

Posted on June 11, 2009 | by Markus Stocker

Moon. Sister, I heard voices telling you carry things on your shoulders that are too big to fail? Earth. My darling, I’m sorry you got to hear the news. Please don’t worry. Indeed, some believe in infinite growth so much that others believe their mirage is too big to fail, or to let fail. We [...]

A Semi-Inspired Thought

Posted on April 30, 2009 | by Markus Stocker

By the time Europeans reached Easter Island, the system that made the island one of the most intriguing population had disappeared. The explanation: Shortage of food caused by population growth and degradation of the island’s environmental resources. (R. Kaufmann and C. Cleveland. Environmental Science.) What if Earth is the Easter Island of modern times?

Self-healing Technology

Posted on April 12, 2009 | by Markus Stocker

Generally, a healthy body has an amazing capability of wound healing. Can technology (self-) heal? Whether or not you believe in climate change or, more generally, the role humans play in environmental degradation, we probably agree, plastic is a product of technology and it is unlikely nature’s will to let turtles consume it. It is [...]

We Have Exciting Times Ahead

Posted on March 1, 2009 | by Markus Stocker

Uh? Aren’t we in recession? Tirelessly we monitor, discuss, worry and speculate about man made meta systems, from stock markets, businesses and government bailouts, to credit systems. Right now, many seem to be failing, or at least heading towards directions most consider worrisome. Should we care? The opinions vary. Our man made meta systems are [...]

Earth & Moon: Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Posted on February 28, 2009 | by Markus Stocker

I first learned about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in Alan Weisman’s The World Without Us. Today, I ran across the TED by Charles Moore, the captain who “in 1997 steered his aluminum-hulled catamaran into a Texas-sized part of the western Pacific [...] filled with cups, bottle caps, tangles of fish netting and monofilament line, [...]

Earth & Moon: Agent Orange

Posted on February 16, 2009 | by Markus Stocker

Agent Orange has a history of over half a century and side effects that span over multiple generations, as it has been and still is a cause of environmental and health problems. Yet, I only recently read about Agent Orange. I don’t know what is worse about Agent Orange. Perhaps, that it is a code [...]

Earth & Moon: Clean Coal Technology

Posted on February 4, 2009 | by Markus Stocker

The concept of “clean coal,” which had been repeatedly mentioned by both Obama and McCain during the US presidential election in 2008 as an alternative energy generation technology with low carbon emissions, still echoes in my mind as it has been made to stick like a perfect advertising slogan. I’m certainly not the first and [...]

Earth & Moon: Could the Moon be Right?

Posted on January 15, 2009 | by Markus Stocker

During my first weeks in Washington DC, I read a blog post on fish that have developed both female and male reproductive systems found in the Potomac river (from where, I believe, the city takes its water). As the author writes, [...] the pollution we’ve poured into the river is probably to blame for creating [...]

Earth & Moon on Humanity

Posted on January 11, 2009 | by Markus Stocker

Earth: Sister, humans are worrying me. Moon: I know, I have been following their evolution. Earth: I would like to help. Moon: Just let them evolve a little longer. Earth: But I don’t want to let them go. Moon: You know, my dear, I wonder if they deserve you. new fadeshow(fadeimages, 302, 220, 0, 10000, [...]

 

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