No Tech Reader #17
February 28, 2018 by Filed Under: No Tech Readers
No Tech Reader #16
February 22, 2018 by Filed Under: No Tech Readers
No Tech Reader #15
December 27, 2017 by Filed Under: No Tech Readers
From the new world, Yang Yongliang.
- $180bn investment in plastic factories feeds global packaging binge.
- Tsunami of data could consume one-fifth of global electricity by 2025.
- Our relationship with work is destroying our humanity.
- Cash may be king, but they don’t care.
- The hard math behind Bitcoin’s global warming problem.
- The long ecologist revolution.
- Former Facebook executive: social media is ripping society apart.
- Facebook admits it poses mental health risk — but says using site more can help.
- The Influence of the number of toys in the environment on toddlers. [Via Ran Prieur]
No Tech Reader #14
November 25, 2017 by Filed Under: No Tech Readers
- The Switch to Outdoor LED Lighting Has Completely Backfired. [Gizmodo]
- Too right it’s Black Friday: our relentless consumption is trashing the planet. [Monbiot]
- Automated checkouts ‘miserable’ for elderly shoppers. [BBC]
- Do Civilizations Collapse? [Aeon]
- ‘Our minds can be hijacked’: the tech insiders who fear a smartphone dystopia. [Guardian]
No Tech Reader #13
July 18, 2017 by Filed Under: No Tech Readers
No Tech Reader #12
April 20, 2017 by Filed Under: No Tech Readers
- The moral and ethical weight of voluntary simplicity. [Simplicity Institute]
- Just enough is plenty: Thoreau’s Alternative Economics. [Simplicity Institute]
- Like start-ups, most intentional communities fail — why? [Aeon]
- A sacred light in the darkness: winter solstice illuminations at Spanish missions. [Conversation]
- Aid in reverse: how poor countries develop rich countries. [The Guardian]
Video:
- The birth of a wooden house. Via Fernando Spalding.
- Primitive Technology: Termite Clay Kiln & Pottery.
- Happy People, A Year in Taiga. Via Jon Batzel.
- Japanese Tiny House on Wheels.Via Ed Carey.
- Thousand-year-old windmills still in use. Via Rick Otten.