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Norway · NorwayThis year we have seen some of the worst heat waves in Norway in living memory, in the entire country. In Trøndelag we are probably talking about the harshest and longest heat wave ever. Out on Sandøya in Tvedestrand where I am staying, the usual cool summer weather has been replaced by up to 30 degrees Celsius, high humidity and tropical nights. The water is 24 degrees Celsius. This is not just “nice weather”. It is a sign of dangerous global w…Read Article
The Laws of Physics Don't Care that You Don't Care About Climate Change. — Eivindtraedal

Artificial IntelligenceI recently read about the origins of the word technology. The word emerged in the seventeenth century to describe the branch of learning concerned with machines. Today, it feels like some mythic force that transforms everything around us. Seeing technology as an agentic force has made it a lot easier for humans to anthropomorphize it. And this makes it even easier to scapegoat. Humans love abstractions that we can scapegoat to justify our decisi…Read Article