State of the Modern World Address — August 2019

“In the Western classical tradition, Prometheus became a figure who represented human striving, particularly the quest for scientific knowledge, and the risk of overreaching or unintended consequences.” — Wikipedia
TECH
Some Programmers Conspire To Serve Mother Nature
Your Email Inboxes Are Causing Co2 Emissions
https://blog.leavemealone.app/clean-your-inbox-save-the-planet/
The Cost of Modern Tech and Luxuries: Slavery
https://carrcenter.hks.harvard.edu/news/your-phone-tainted-misery-35000-children-congos-mines
https://foodispower.org/human-labor-slavery/slavery-chocolate/
https://labs.theguardian.com/unicef-child-labour/
The Internet is Making Us Stupider
GLOBAL
US Army Pollutes Like There’s No Tomorrow
Humanity is Winning the War against Biodiversity
Why We Need Biodiversity in Our Crops
http://thescienceexplorer.com/nature/why-we-need-biodiversity-our-crops
Global Food Crisis Ongoing
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=drought&t=hr&iar=news&ia=news
Rapid Mass Extinction of Languages and Cultural Diversity
NORTH AMERICA
Ongoing Destruction of Native American Biodiversity
Rapid Deforestation of North American Rainforest
Fruits and Vegetables Becoming Less Nutritious
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/soil-depletion-and-nutrition-loss/
Agriculture Becoming Increasingly Toxic
GREENLAND
Greenland is Melting!
https://weather.com/photos/news/2019-08-20-greenland-melting-glaciers
SOUTH AMERICA
Monsters Burn the Amazon Forest Like Never Before
Amazonian Tribes Have Outdated Weaponry
Brazilian Army Fights Fires
ARCTIC
The Arctic is Burning!
RUSSIA
Russia is burning!
https://www.vox.com/2019/8/1/20750200/siberia-wildfire-russia-fire-smoke-trump-putin
EUROPE
Europe is Getting Really Hot!
https://e360.yale.edu/digest/europe-is-warming-faster-than-even-climate-models-projected
AFRICA
Africa is Burning!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8066871.stm
CHILD-REARING
Teach Your Kids How and Why To Grow Food
https://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/children-growing-their-own-food-zbcz1811
GREEK MYTHOLOGY
In Greek mythology, the Titan Prometheus had a reputation as being something of a clever trickster, and he famously gave the human race the gift of fire and the skill of metalwork, an action for which he was punished by Zeus, who condemned Prometheus to being chained to a rock and having his liver eaten by an eagle every day, and then regenerated so it could be eaten again the next day, over and over and over again.
“In the Western classical tradition, Prometheus became a figure who represented human striving, particularly the quest for scientific knowledge, and the risk of overreaching or unintended consequences.” — Wikipedia
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