Japan reforested with Japanese cedar (sugi) and cypress (hinoki) in the 1950s to rebuild post-war forests. Now the pollen gives 40%+ of its population hay fever. Climate change extends pollen seasons further. Today’s decisions shape tomorrow’s reality. Short-term fixes can become long-term crises.
I’ve been poached to a different team within HMRC (but still closely connected to what I’ve been doing) and from first impressions, it’s a nice one; sound people, no nonsense dynamics and a real commitment to try to get it right. Looks like the Government won’t be rid of me for a bit still 😄
For Not Brits
Now that’s speculative design.
Hahahaha omg they’ve actually made The Internet box (should be black, missed opportunity, but nothing’s perfect)
On this day in 2022, I wrote about Heading Forward, a board game about traumatic brain injuries, predatory insurance agencies, and triggering moments that pull us out of the present. I wish it weren't still as relevant today. spacebiff.com/2022/06/08/h...
"AI" is thus a political crisis not because AI necessarily must lead to some social apocalypse but because it serves suitably as a permission structure within a success framework of "efficiencies" that eliminates human factors from decision making wherever it can, while obscuring accountability.
A decision made 70 years ago to reforest vast swathes of Japan with just two kinds of tree has come back to haunt the country.
I suffer from panic attacks and poor health. How’s that for an opener? I’m normally reserved about sharing personal details like that. But there it is: I’ve suffered from health c…
