- My advice after a year without tech: rewild yourself.
- How to change the course of human history.
- The great nutrient collapse.
- Infrastructural Ecology: The City’s Buried Systems.
- A cyberattack in Saudi Arabia had a deadly goal. Experts fear another try.
- The social ideology of the motorcar (1973).
- Economic Science Fictions.
- Sociologists examine hackatons and see exploitation. [via internetactu.net]
- It wasn’t just Greece: Archaeologists find early democratic societies in the Americas. [Via Uneven Earth]
No Tech Reader #18
March 23, 2018 by Filed Under: No Tech Readers
Think Outside the Sewer
March 7, 2018 by Filed Under: Composting, Humanure, Random
“Shit can move on trucks.” [Read more…]
The Internet Unplugged
March 7, 2018 by Filed Under: Internet
“At first glance, it seems like the ultimate paradox: A magazine that exists only on the internet, filled with content that can only be consumed once a would-be reader has disconnected from the internet. But that’s exactly the kind of contradiction founder Chris Bolin says he was going for when he created his new magazine, The Disconnect, which launched in February.” Read more: A new digital magazine forces you to unplug from the internet.
Anti-Tech Riots
March 5, 2018 by Filed Under: Technology
“If the recent speculation about jobs and AI is even close to being correct, then fairly soon “luddite” will join far-right and Islamist on the list of government-defined extremisms”. Read more: Will 2018 be the year of the neo-luddite?
Wedge Axes
March 1, 2018 by Filed Under: Hand tools, Random
The Finnish Leveraxe is maybe not the most revolutionary alternative to the traditional axe, writes reader Guy Verrijdt. The Logmatic Wedge Axe from New Zealand splits wood more safely and ergonomically than an axe. This video shows how it works. The tool combines elements of splitting wedges and slide hammers. There are more brands available.
No Tech Reader #17
February 28, 2018 by Filed Under: No Tech Readers
