People send me stuff. Here’s a panel that’s almost guaranteed to go off the rails toward gloom and doom thanks to one participant who thinks climate change will be the end. Sign up to watch. h/t Dennis – Anthony
DEATH OR UTOPIA IN THE NEXT THREE DECADES
Today the data suggests that we are near the beginning of a chaotic mess of global proportions. Things are fairly simple: a global pandemic with no tools to fight the virus, a global economy in disarray, climate change and other existential risks beginning to intrude into our daily lives, and a total lack of a plan as to what to do.
On the other hand, we are at the pinnacle of human capabilities and have, if we so choose, the capability to create a Utopian egalitarian world without conflict or want.
In this 2-hour program, a group of experts will explore the future, focusing on 2030 and 2050.
Where are we now? What is trending? What if anything can be done about it?
You are invited to participate in a virtual conference live using Zoom (version 5.0 or greater), or watch the recorded version when it is published on YouTube.
You must REGISTER (http://ee380.stanford.edu/register.html) to receive a URL to access the live virtual presentation and find the YouTube video of the presentation
The Panel
John Markoff Stanford Institute for Human Centered AI, ex-NY Times (Moderator)
Garrett Banning Washington-based strategic thinker and analyst
Joy Buolamwini Algorithmic Justice League | Poet of Code ; Harvard
Carole Dumaine Consultant, NIC, CIA; Co-founder of Futures.org.
John Hennessy Stanford University professor, past President; Chair BoD Alphabet
Michael Mann Earth System Science Center and Professor, Penn State
Carmine Medina Former CIA Deputy Director, Author of Rebels At Work
Paul Saffo Forecaster of technology change, Stanford Engineering Adjunct
Megan Smith CEO shift7, MIT Board, ex-CIO of the US under Obama
Sponsors
The Asilomar Microcomputer Workshop is one of the iconic gatherings which supported the growth of computing. This is the first mini-conference which replaces the 46th Asilomar Microcomputer Workshop, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. http://www.amw.org.
The Stanford EE Colloquium on Computer Systems, EE380, will present the mini-conference as one of its offerings for Spring Quarter 2020. http://ee380.stanford.edu
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From the article: “Today the data suggests that we are near the beginning of a chaotic mess of global proportions. Things are fairly simple: a global pandemic with no tools to fight the virus, a global economy in disarray, climate change and other existential risks beginning to intrude into our daily lives, and a total lack of a plan as to what to do.”
We actually have tools to use to help with the pandemic, and the economy is starting to move, and human-caused climate change is science fiction. So the situation is better than is characterized.
The biggest existential threat the U.S. faces is the lying Leftwing Media. We are going through not one but two crisis and all the leftwing media can do is distort the entire situation and make it worse, and their sole focus is on trying to find a way to undermine President Trump.
These are domestic enemies of the United States. They, and the people they encourage are doing tremedous damage to the U.S.
The governors better crack down on the criminals rioting in the streets, or Trump is going to do it for them.
I heard that some of these rioting clowns are saying they are going to start going into family neighborhoods and “take back” what was owed them. Well, that will be a big mistake, if they think they can get away with that. The people in those houses are not going to sit there and let you destroy their neighborhoods. Guess what they are going to do about it?
The Democrat governors haven’t learned that virtue signalling has no effect on rioters and criminals. In one ear, out the other.
I have suggestion for a topic for this panel of the most distinguished scholars in their field:
Debate the paper picked up by Kenneth Richard at Notrickszone on the destructive effect of wind and solar projects on global biodiversity
https://notrickszone.com/2020/06/01/renewable-energy-threatens-thousands-of-globally-important-biodiversity-areas-and-its-worsening/
From the introduction to the post:
-“An “especially worrying” new study finds 2,206 onshore wind, hydropower, and solar PV energy generation facilities have “already encroached on many of the world’s most important places for conserving biodiversity”, degrading 886 protected areas, 749 key biodiversity areas, and 40 distinct wilderness areas.”
And the global “green” deals will make the problem far worse – it is suggested .
So what do you reply to that assertion, your eminences?
cant watch this cause I will be occupied trying to actually forecast rather than sitting on the sidelines and waitng for something to happen, then blaming it on the clmate du jour idea
Death or Utopia ?
Seriously , how many people has CO2 killed vs how many it keeps alive .
Particulate pollution is not nice but is containable .
Cheap energy is Utopia .
Bad governance influenced by social media and unintellectual , easily influenced voters in all countries
is the Western Worlds biggest demise atm .
Third world probs are dictators and over population , which the Westerners are expected to fix .
Mann and the people like him, factually are soon doomed.
Bereft of a soul, lost, and craving all to join them to a lightweight, BUT a fabulously, utopian
egalitarian land.
Looking at the other participants, it appears Mann is the token dolt.
Remember when a CIA Director, even an ex-Director, wouldn’t have been caught dead rubbing elbows with an obvious lot of America-hating leftist SOBs like this? Ah, for the good old days…
Same progressives from a hundred years ago just with a new name. How many millions will have to die this time?
Michael Mann, rodent. (He looks like a big rat!)
See he can learn. This non event prediction deadline/tipping point is at least beyond eventual retirement and probably lifetime. Much better than blurting out near term stuff that can demonstrably be shown to be nonsense.
“a global pandemic with no tools to fight the virus”
Our main tool is and has always been our very well evolved human adaptive immune system of B-cells and T-cells working as a system to eliminate and then provide almost life-long immunity to such viruses.
So this idea that we don’t have the tools to fight this virus is Bullshit. This corona virus is largely just another cold virus to 98% of the population. The 2% that have compromised their immunity both with old age (that largely didn’t used to happen 200 years ago) and poor health due to COPD/d diabetes, CVD make it lethal.
2,5 hours were more than enough from this sect. At the end religion was discussed: Yes, these alarmists have established a new pseudo-religion. Mann stated explicit, that science must govern the world; Oh yes, “science” like hockey stick or Greta, and similar. China was also discussed. However, this horde of clinical cases would not be enough for the Chinese even for one breakfast. These persons have lost all touch with the reality. It was an interesting experience. Mann and his follower could be an interesting PhD-thema on the field of psychologie on maniacs. Mann proved yesterday again, that Einstein was right:
“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.” ~ Albert Einstein