Notices by Dr. Elizabeth Sawin✨ (bethsawin@spore.social), page 5

If you ask an AI chatbot to identify its biases what happens?

Leaders: we can tackle this without changing how we think or behave
People: ok cool
Leaders: see, the people are unwilling to change how they think or behave so we must limit ourselves to narrow technological fixes

When powerful forces talk about 'back to normal' ask yourself if they mean "back to shopping."

Imagine how 2022 would look if we had a national wellbeing indicator(s) in the US. The stunning drop in life expectancy, mass shootings, a disability wave, growing numbers of people without housing.

I can get as excited as the next person at cutting edge clean technologies. But I also love the simple solutions, the folk wisdom, the public domain knowledge that we can apply to live well and equitably within planetary limits. Here are a few of my favorites - what are yours?

- the bicycle
- the cover crop
- the compost pile
- the hand-me-down chain
- the mending circle
- the live music evening
- the repair cafe
- the library
- the shade tree
- the rain garden
- the sidewalk