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The Ministry for the Future
A : [[book]]
Author : [[Kim Stanley Robinson]]
Paints an incredibly grim picture of a world experiencing [[climate breakdown]] and the political ramifications. The opening chapter of a deadly heatwave in India is absolutely brutal. This is what climate crisis means.
Lots of didactic bits along the way. Some reviews say these are a bit tedious, but I've found them fairly positive so far - you learn from them. It does have a pretty stilted narrative flow as a result though.
It is hard science-fiction. So much that you might call it [[scientific utopianism]]. Though I don't know how much Robinson actively wants things to play out this way. (e.g. is he down with the acts of [[eco-terrorism]] or just thinks it will likely happen regardless).
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- public document at doc.anagora.org/the-ministry-for-the-future
- video call at meet.jit.si/the-ministry-for-the-future
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2000 watt society
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2022 08 18
2022 08 30
2024 02 19
arctic ice cap
arctic permafrost
bank of england
carbon coin
climate leviathan with joel wainwright and geoff mann
disaster communism
earth after climate collapse
effecting change
equality
general agreement on tariffs and trade
general agreement on trade and tariffs
gilets jaunes
gini coefficient
globalization
gnd summer book club
gross national happiness
happy planet index
india
international monetary fund
kerala
ocean acidification
our feelings are not just biological but also social and cultural and therefore historical
periodization
some books ive read
sovereignty
structural adjustment program
the art and science of communism part 1 ft nick chavez phil neel
the ministry for the future climate change sci fi and our near future
tragedy of the time horizon
vandana shiva
violence
well connected
wet bulb temperature
world economic forum
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