"There's a monkey in the jungle watching a vapor trail. Caught up in the conflict between its brain and its tail."

• 19-2000 by #Gorillaz

#song #music #lyrics #quote #wisdom #humanity #intelligence #ape #evolution

Corporations invested in #carbon offsets that were ‘likely junk’, analysis says

source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/30/corporate-carbon-offsets-credits

#Delta, #Gucci, #Volkswagen, #ExxonMobil, #Disney, #easyJet and #Nestlé are among the major corporations to have purchased millions of carbon credits from #climate friendly projects that are “likely junk” or worthless when it comes to offsetting their #greenhouse gas #emissions, according to a classification #system developed by Corporate Accountability, a non-profit, transnational corporate watchdog.

So the capitalists really don't give a shit about anything for short-term #profit, even if #humanity is destroyed in the process.

#environment #news #scam #politics #co2 #fail #capitalism #economy #future #finance #society #problem #humanrights #earth

Corporations invested in carbon offsets that were ‘likely junk’, analysis says

Analysis of the carbon offset projects used by top corporations including Delta, Gucci and ExxonMobil raises concerns around their emission cuts claims

^{Nina Lakhani (The Guardian)}

#Capitalism like #degeneracy in late #Rome

According to rumors, which are difficult to prove historically, Roman decadence is said to have gone so far that rich Romans vomited in order to empty their stomachs between courses with delicacies.

This is exactly how today's capitalism seems to me, in which the super-rich fly around the world in their private jets or engage in space tourism regardless of climate change. They celebrate parties with high emissions, pay hardly any taxes, while the majority of people are already struggling to survive.

The best example of this for myself is Elon #Musk and Donald #Trump, who apparently believe they can do anything with #money.

#finance #economy #politics #future #humanity #earth #emissions #climate #problem #metaphor

"Humanity will only be truly happy when all people have the souls of artists, in other words, when everyone enjoys their work."

Until now, my #utopia was based on all humans becoming artists and dedicating themselves to art, while AI does the boring monotonous work for us.

However, today's AI is already busy generating images and imitating art styles. A new generation is now growing up that is getting inspiration from AI and in the future it will hardly be possible to say how much of a piece of art contains AI. Just as the new generation has forgotten how to read maps because of navigation apps, there is a danger that humanity will forget how to be creative and create new art.

#future #humanity #art #artwork #problem #technology #AI #creativity #artist

Planet is headed for at least 2.5C of sheating with disastrous results for #humanity, poll of hundreds of scientists finds

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/08/world-scientists-climate-failure-survey-global-temperature

Leticia Cotrim da Cunha, at the State University of Rio de Janeiro, said: “I am extremely worried about the costs in human lives.”

#news #future #science #climate #earth #heat #temperature #problem #politics #nature #environment

World’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target

Exclusive: Planet is headed for at least 2.5C of heating with disastrous results for humanity, poll of hundreds of scientists finds

^{Damian Carrington (The Guardian)}