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THE FOOD SYSTEM SHOCK OF THE FUTURE
A new report from the Lloyds of London (full PDF link here: http://www.lloyds.com/~/media/files/news%20and%20insight/risk%20insight/2015/food%20system%20shock/food%20system%20shock_june%202015.pdf) is shining some light on the future events that could challenge society and push the planet to a breaking point. Specifically, if you take the time to read through the 30 page report, you’ll find a few gems worth cringing over. Such as this:
2040 could see food shortages and riots that may challenge society, government, and create a breakdown of the fabric of humanity. If measures are not taken, it would appear that the authors think unprecedented food shortages and riots will take hold.
The report calls the food system “increasingly vulnerable to acute shocks” and suggests that food production needs to more than double by 2050 to meet the needs of the planet..
This is not the first time that scientists and experts warned to impending doom.. For a few decades we have been told the water supply was quickly running out. We have also been told of a few other disasters coming our way.. Some occur. Some don’t. Some are slower than expected and others never materialize at all..
But the food shortage notion is not new.. Others have warned about it for years.
And all the while, farmers across America are halting production.. there is a lot of land and few gardens.. few people tilling the soil. Instead people plant grass and want it to be as green as possible.
But you can’t eat grass.
Until 2040. That’s when anything appears to be on the table.
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The ‘food system shock’
A new report from the Lloyds of London (full PDF link here: http://www.lloyds.com/~/media/files/news%20and%20insight/risk%20insight/2015/food%20system%20shock/food%20system%20shock_june%202015.pdf) is shining some light on the future events that could challenge society and push the planet to a breaking point. Specifically, if you take the time to read through the 30 page report, you’ll find a few gems worth cringing over. Such as this:
2040 could see food shortages and riots that may challenge society, government, and create a breakdown of the fabric of humanity. If measures are not taken, it would appear that the authors think unprecedented food shortages and riots will take hold.
The report calls the food system “increasingly vulnerable to acute shocks” and suggests that food production needs to more than double by 2050 to meet the needs of the planet..
This is not the first time that scientists and experts warned to impending doom.. For a few decades we have been told the water supply was quickly running out. We have also been told of a few other disasters coming our way.. Some occur. Some don’t. Some are slower than expected and others never materialize at all..
But the food shortage notion is not new.. Others have warned about it for years.
And all the while, farmers across America are halting production.. there is a lot of land and few gardens.. few people tilling the soil. Instead people plant grass and want it to be as green as possible.
But you can’t eat grass.
Until 2040. That’s when anything appears to be on the table.
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We now spend more than eight hours a day consuming media
We now spend more than eight hours a day consuming media
MORE..
On average, people spend more than 490 minutes of their day with some sort of media, according to a new report by ZenithOptimedia. Television remains dominant, accounting for three hours of daily consumption—an hour more than the internet, in second place.
But do we know anything more than we did before those eight hours?
Have we learned anything?
Have we consumed anything and devoured it, or just consumed and treated it as excrement?By 2017, half of our waking lives will consist of some sort of media.
Meanwhile we will forget everything and get closer to a grave sacrificing sanity..
And that is media.
That is reality.
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Newspapers struggle to find path in digital age
Newspapers struggle to find path in digital age
It’s a changing time. The fishwrapper is dead.
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Google and Levi’s are teaming up to make computerized pants
Google and Levi’s are teaming up to make computerized pants
Google announced that it is teaming up with Levi’s to make jeans with conductive fabric — which could eventually allow wearers to use their legs as touchscreens — swiping their thigh, say, to accept a phone call.
The idea and product came from a secret Google lab—just imagine what other products are being made behind closed doors!—and it already making waves around the global INTERNETS..
Digital pants.
While progress is progress, I ponder if digital pants is the progress we crave..Though it will give the grandest of excuses for people who pick the wedgie: I was just answering a text.
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THE PANTS PANTS REVOLUTION
GOOGLE AND LEVI’S ARE TEAMING UP TO MAKE COMPUTERIZED PANTS »
Google announced that it is teaming up with Levi’s to make jeans with conductive fabric — which could eventually allow wearers to use their legs as touchscreens — swiping their thigh, say, to accept a phone call.
The idea and product came from a secret Google lab—just imagine what other products are being made behind closed doors!—and it already making waves around the global INTERNETS..
Digital pants.
While progress is progress, I ponder if digital pants is the progress we crave..Though it will give the grandest of excuses for people who pick the wedgie: I was just answering a text.