Simone de Beauvoir
Source : Rapho Agence/Science Source
“Whatever the country…man was everywhere crushed by technology, made a stranger to his own work, imprisoned, forced into stupidity. The evil all arose from the fact that he had increased his needs rather than limited them… As long as fresh needs continued to be created, so new frustrations would come into being. When had the decline begun? The day knowledge was preferred to wisdom and mere usefulness to beauty… “

  • The climate strike. I constantly get told that I am this radical person for not wanting to burn fossil fuels. To see 4 million people marching for the same cause along side, gave me relief. Maybe I am not as crazy as they say.
  • I started teaching again. In the company, I teach some data science. At CCL, I started giving presentations on how climate change affects this region. Knowledge is power, it is often said. Force multiplied by time is power, according to laws of physics. Lets see what comes of it all.
  • We put in a deposit for a rescue dog. We go meet her next Friday. It may or may not work out. But the idea of her makes my heart flutter. Will I really have an animal in my life again ? Will she be able to fill the hole in my heart left by Cinco the cat ?

Materialism :

These shoes.

This journal.

kantha stitch.

This calico blouse.

Reading :

Pu-erh tea.

The Great Green Wall.

Extending life of electronics by a year == taking a million cars off the road.

A revision on recyclability of plastics.

This cartoon.

Environmental impact of fashion week.

My clothes and I.

50 compliments that have nothing to do with appearance.