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How to save the world's title: how to save the world | Dave Pollard's chronicle of civilization's collapse, creative works and essays on our culture. A trail of crumbs, runes and exclamations along my path in search of a better way to live and make a living, and a better understanding of how the world really works.

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image CC0 from pexels.com from back in the days before AI

Each year, a number of surveys are carried out in Europe and North America to assess what today’s youths (defined as those in their late teens and early twenties) see as the major issues facing them, and our world.

The “top ten” issues don’t change much over time. You won’t be surprised th...


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Now that the collapse of our political, economic, social and ecological systems is accelerating, the signs of this collapse, including scapegoating, corruption, and social disorder are becoming more obvious. This is the nineteenth of a series of articles on some of...


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image by Fred Lehmann (franzl34) free for use under Pixabay’s licence

There is only one way in which 8.3 billion human beings, who have utterly terraformed the planet to make us all completely dependent on the massively complex interdependen...


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image by AI; not my prompt

As I’ve said repeatedly on this blog, I have a love-hate relationship with AI. I don’t think it will be around much longer, as the bubble bursts and the AI companies all go broke. And in the meantime, I’ve found it an excellent learning and brainstorming tool, when used carefully, and as the internet gets more and more enshitt...


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This is #57 in a series of month-end reflections on the state of the world, and other things that come to mind, as I walk and hike in my local community.


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