Jason Humboldt

I'm no Alfred Einstein, but your math is mathin'

Jevons paradox - Wikipedia

Jevon's Paradox is relevant here. No matter how efficient we get we'll use more energy unless there is a conscious decision to pump the brakes.

Not holding my breath.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_...

Man standing in front of wall of Buddha images

These tiles are all hand painted and each one is slightly different (Buddha wearing a different necklace for example)

📍Cameron Highlands, Malaysia

#travel #malaysia #buddha #buddhism #photography #art

The Economy Has Failed the American People, But It's Taboo To Say Why Addiction, illness and derangement are all immensely profitable, along with monopoly, cartels and collapsing quality. The economy has f...

"The key to understanding the current neofeudal structure of our economy is to recognize the taboos against describing this structure publicly..."

charleshughsmith.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-...

Grocery prices set to rise as soil becomes "unproductive" Depleted soil leads to reduced yields, forcing farmers to rely on fertilizers that raise food production costs, consumer prices.

This is how msm filters the headline "most will die" or "survival uncertain" ...

"Grocery prices set to rise"..

🤦‍♂️

www.newsweek.com/grocery-pric...

That's an amazing shot

'Twas a banger of a skeet

Over the past 80 years, academic writing has become substantially harder to read 📉🧪 www.economist.com/science-and-... I analysed 350k PhD thesis abstracts and found that they've become more complex in every discipline, especially the humanities and social sciences

Looks like a lovely day. Is that a fire in background?

P.S. I like these little running video shorts 👍

Any favorite strength exercises you like for runners?

I think they all help honestly and when I'm deadlifting and squatting regularly my legs feel so much more stable and solid on my runs

Street Art I've Known And Loved (SAIKAL) 6/10

📍 Hong Kong

#hongkong #travel #art #photography #streetart #sculpture #brucelee #martialarts

Reminds me of this classic essay on the topic.

"Good online communities die primarily by refusing to defend themselves."

www.greaterwrong.com/posts/tscc3e...

Timely discussion in the comments of this post, on a topic worthy of consideration for those of us who've opted to use this platform.

I agree with OP, but it was useful for me to have a think on "why do I agree?"

Some screenshots from the essay: Well-Kept Gardens Die By Pacifism https://www.greaterwrong.com/posts/tscc3e5eujrsEeFN4/well-kept-gardens-die-by-pacifism

Some screenshots from the essay: Well-Kept Gardens Die By Pacifism https://www.greaterwrong.com/posts/tscc3e5eujrsEeFN4/well-kept-gardens-die-by-pacifism

Classic essay on this topic, worth a read!

"Good online communities die primarily by refusing to defend themselves."

www.greaterwrong.com/posts/tscc3e...

Brilliant! Such a nice experience

A comment on substack article which reads: "Fantastic article! I fear the confusion and misunderstanding you allude to in this piece, at least among many leaders, is actually a psychological *inability* to face the reality of the situation. The idea that we can't really solve this problem and keep our current idea of a high standard of living, just breaks people's brains, and they refuse to believe it, refuse to hear it. It's so much easier to get on with one's day if you believe that there is some light at the end of the tunnel. Or that the disruption will be manageable. There's also the issue of personal survival. I mean if you're a climate scientist or lawmaker or government technocrat advocating the we rethink what the very idea of "progress" means, and that we need to willfully burst our own bubble... your career and livelihood may have a short shelf life. Tom Murphy wrote a very interesting blog post nearly 10 years ago which asserted that only a small minority of people have the psychological wiring to see our predicament for what it is. I think about it a lot. https://dothemath.ucsd.edu/2015/04/programmed-to-ignore/"

Was copy pasting my comment from substack, but I'll just post an image...

The article I linked to: dothemath.ucsd.edu/2015/04/prog...

Fantastic article!

I fear the confusion and misunderstanding you allude to in this piece, at least among many leaders, is actually a psychological *inability* to face the reality of the situation.

1/4

So even if we somehow miraculously transitioned completely away from oil as an energy source, we would still be digging it out of the ground in large quantities. The non-fuel components in a barrel are a small portion... So what would we do with the rest? I don't see how we wouldn't burn that too 😐

Not too mention the tens of thousands of other products we all rely on that come from oil. Pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, electronic components, packaging... our entire civilization is built on the back of this resource. 1/2

Finding some trees in an urban jungle is the best restorative feeling 🌳🧘‍♂️

#forestbathing #travel #nature #urbanjungle #kualalumpur #malaysia

Where is your photo? Looks amazing I wanna be there 😁

Kuala Lumpur cityscape from a distance, skyscrapers looking small with a green forest patch in the foreground.

I'm in an dense urban center right now (Kuala Lumpur) and went to the Easten outskirts of the city this weekend.

I could not believe the difference in air quality and temperature just 6km away from the center!

Fresh breeze, vegetation smells, birds chirping... It has such a big effect on us 🌳🌲🦜🙂

Wow this is amazing! I'd love to learn more about how you did this. Would you maybe be up for a casual interview? It could be email / text based if you want but I think a Convo would be awesome. I'm trying to start sharing some things I learn on this subject

I agree 100%, though I'm afraid the sad fact is those alternative methods have no chance of feeding 8 billion people.

Well, that is, until people are willing to stop eating so much effing meat.

I've heard it said that the way we grow food now, it shouldn't really be called "farming" - more like we are "mining the topsoil"

“Despite all our accomplishments, we owe our existence to a six-inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains.”

– Paul Harvey

I've been repeatedly amazed at how the most ultra niche, mediocre, awkward projects go on to become robust businesses due to simple pig-headed consistency from the founder.

Almost anything works if you work it for 3+ years.

But this goes against a lot of lean startup, "fail fast" common wisdom. 🤷‍♂️

I've bootstrapped 2 ecom brands (manufacturing/ inventory holding brands) in competitive niches to become the leading brand in the category in less than 24 months each.

Gonna start a 3rd one soon and this one will be public, can I join?