TIL how human started to celebrate New Year. The earliest recorded festivities date back 4,000 years to ancient Babylon. Later Caesar instituted January 1st as the first day of the year to honor Janus, the Roman god of beginnings. [source, comments]

there is a failure to identify the differences between technology and ‘progress’, and between sustaining the unsustainable versus advancing sustain-ability.

tony fry, defuturing

Good Idea: Integrate environmental impacts into production cost

https://grist.org/business-technology/none-of-the-worlds-top-industries-would-be-profitable-if-they-paid-for-the-natural-capital-they-use/

The study by Trucost for The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity reveals a shocking truth about the world's major industries: they depend on $7.3 trillion of unpriced natural capital annually to turn a profit. This "externalization" of costs means that the true environmental impacts of these industries—primarily from greenhouse gas emissions, water and land use, air and water pollution, and waste—are not reflected in their economic calculations. Notably, none of the top 20 industrial sectors would be profitable if they accounted for their full environmental costs. This highlights a crucial need for a fundamental shift toward sustainable industrial practices, emphasizing the urgency for a new global industrial system.

Wie Putin 2024 zu seinem Triumph-Jahr machen will – in 5 Punkten https://www.watson.ch/!350833444

"Kill a meeting": https://www.srf.ch/news/wirtschaft/meeting-diaet-firmen-sagen-sitzungsmarathon-den-kampf-an

Good Idea: Sustain a person with 2000m²

https://www.2000m2.eu/

If we were to divide the total global surface area of arable land by the number of people living on the planet, each person would get 2000m² (half an acre). Everything we need, must grow on this field...

Die Schwäche des Westens fördert Krieg: Wie es in Gaza und der Ukraine weitergeht https://www.watson.ch/!547872556

One of my favourite shows of all time: https://youtu.be/AcBTOU7RvbU?feature=shared