Every time we develop new technologies, it’s used without thinking of the spillover effects on other people and on nature. Fire, the plow, planes, the nuclear bomb–our biggest priority is making sure that it makes our life convenient, even if it has to come at the expense of others
Today, we have built an incredibly polarized world. Some of us live in unrivaled comfort and luxury, while an astounding number of people struggle to put food on the table. We have all this technology to order new items and objects for our consumption. How long will we continue to take and take from the vulnerable and the defenseless?
We, as humans, continue to self-reinforce global issues caused by our presence. Natural disasters and the lack of resources will continue to shorten our life spans unless we start recognizing what is happening.
The increase of environmental refugees is a testament to how poorly we are treating our world and other people through our inaction. Sweltering summers. Deadly diseases. No clean water. An alarming lack of livable space in a planet where human population and consumption continues to rise.
There is no time for politics in ensuring the quality of life for all humans. Are we innovating fast enough to turn things around?
The data is showing us that we are approaching the end of days. It’s time to change the way we live and work. And the first step is to stop giving our sovereignty to the politicians, and our economic sovereignty to the banks.
Corporations won’t be capable of solving this. We need to be the ones to tell them what to do.
This is a call for us to come together and use our individual experiences to make the data meaningful. Everything we need to know is condensed into data now.
It’s time for us to find out: what’s our data worth?
Alexander McCaig: (05:27)
You need to expand upon your view. You really need to see what is happening here and how interconnected all of these things are. Because, I can tell you with great probability and certainty, that if there's no change in this trajectory, there's no more human beings.
Alexander McCaig: (05:44)
Nature is resilient. Nature bounces back. We won't bounce back. We've been the most parasitic thing to happen in a long time. Because we're not paying attention. We're not recognizing the course of our action and our behaviors. We haven't collectively looked at all of our behaviors together and analyzed them. And now we have the ability to do it.
Let’s challenge ourselves to leave more than just a mark of violence on our scorched earth. It’s time for humanity to hold themselves accountable for our parasitic actions, coming together to help the world heal with the power of data.
