Some quotes from a presentation I did on #solarpunk and design last year: The average person wil...

Some quotes from a presentation I did on #solarpunk and design last year:

The average person will now spend 90% of their life indoors (US data).

This happens even though we know that a lack of exposure to sunlight is causing low energy levels, problems sleeping and depression.

When sunlight on our screens disrupts our work and we stand up to pull the curtains, shutting out the sunlight, it is a testament to our resistance to nature – in service of the machines.

We must admit that we will never be able to live independently from the other elements of nature, such as animals, plants and even microorganisms.

Spending time in real, actual nature should be part of your design process.

Compassion is not fostered in front of a screen.

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And if you want to do the exercise that accompanied it:

Imagine future where the phones of today are long gone but we still have technology that supports communication in favor of universal wellbeing and community support

What values are driving your design work?
What aspects of the world "before" were reformed, transformed or abolished to arrive in this new reality?
What is technology-supported communication like in this future?

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The photo is from my walk earlier today. If you look closely our dog is visible in front of the tractor.

”You can d­iscourse and quote-dunk and fact-check until you’re blue in the face, but at a certain...

”You can d­iscourse and quote-dunk and fact-check until you’re blue in the face, but at a certain point, you have to stop and decide what truth you believe in. The internet has conditioned us to constantly seek new information, as if becoming a sponge of bad news will eventually yield the final piece of a puzzle. But there is also such a thing as having enough information. As the internet continues to enshittify, maybe what we really need is to start trusting each other and our own collective sense of what is true and good.”

https://www.404media.co/you-cant-post-your-way-out-of-fascism/

@gMoon I understand your points but have these rebuttals: 😊 * Posthaven are openly prioritising ...

@gMoon I understand your points but have these rebuttals: 😊

* Posthaven are openly prioritising longevity over features - I admire this clarity and it puts them in a position to be more likely to succeed in their efforts.
* If something written today is relevant for the future should be decided by the people of the future, not by the writer’s financial capacity for keeping the content available after death.
* If my writing is appreciated and I pass away, content would more likely stay on Posthaven for long enough that people learn I’ve passed, and for them to save the content they want. So the idea of ”forever” is not actually the point for me, but rather ”long enough”.

If I died tomorrow, all my content - 28 years of blogging - would be offline within 6 months. That’s not because it is irrelevant in two years, it’s because only money keeps it available. Meanwhile, the hand-written diary of a young girl could be found and become of huge importance to helping the whole world find ways to talk about the horrors of World War II.

I’d argue there are reasons we decipher scrolls that are thousands of years old. They can still be relevant. In my mind the digitization of content has made it more vulnerable, not less, and that’s why I appreciate the intentions of Posthaven.

And I appreciate you spurring me to write down these thoughts. 🙏