Save The Environment - Blog Posts

I strongly believe that someone cannot simultaneously be a Tolkien fan and use AI.

The story of The Lord of the Rings is inherently anti-industrialist and pro-environment. Destroying the forces that seek to oppress and harm the environment is a significant part of the plot. AI is a force of destruction. It kills habitats and contributes to climate change.

Not to mention, AI is anti-intellectual and promotes a lack of critical thinking in a world that is rapidly being radicalized toward fascism.

Is it really worth it to destroy the world just for personal convenience? I personally do everything possible to avoid using AI because it's not worth it. It will never be worth it.

I mean, seriously. I'm not gonna tell you to go touch grass because I hate Big Lawn™️, but I will tell you to go touch the bark of a tree. Put your hand in a stream and feel the rushing water. Lay in a prairie and watch the grass wave in the wind. Listen to the birds sing. And then ask yourself: "are the cheap thrills worth it?" "Is the convenience worth it?"

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Okay, I don’t have many followers but I want to say something all the same. Right now? We’re living on a planet tht is slowly being destroyed and for some reason everyone is ignoring it.

It feels like no matter what we do, people are just going to see us as crazy, idiots, silly kids. I’m sick of it.

The Dakota pipeline at Standing Rock leaked GALLONS of oil. EXACTLY what everyone said it would do. But rich capitalists seem to have the crazy idea that they can continue to exploit the Earth and all the people with it with zero consequences. And that crazy idea is RIGHT. We MADE it right, WE buy the tech they produce, WE forget to boycott and WE are the ones that don’t make a big enough impact.

We aren’t the villains, but there’s no kid with superpowers to save this dystopian nightmare world. In this book, the uprising begins with us.