Please add thid no to wats ap group 9880838448 On 22 Jul 2016 12:41, "Gurumurthy K" <[email protected]> wrote:
> as we increasingly use and become dependant on technology, it is useful to > be sensitive to the danger of Technological fundamentalism.... > > regards > > Guru > > Technological fundamentalism is a form of magical thinking that promises a > way out of the problems that the extractive/industrial economy has created. > > Technological fundamentalists believe that the increasing use of evermore > sophisticated high-energy advanced technology is always a good thing and > that any problems caused by the unintended consequences of previous > high-energy/high-technology “solutions” eventually can be remedied by more > technology. Perhaps the ultimate example of this fundamentalism is > “geo-engineering,” the belief that we can intervene in the climate system > at the planetary level to deal with global warming. > > > Given massive human failure at much lower levels of intervention, this > approach—for example, what is called “solar radiation management,” which > would inject sulfate aerosols into the stratosphere to reflect back > sunlight—is, quite literally, insane. > > read rest of the article on > http://www.nationofchange.org/news/2016/07/19/what-is-the-world-who-are-we-what-are-we-going-to-do-about-it/ > > IT for Change, Bengaluru > www.ITforChange.net > > -- > EnglishSTF Link: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/englishstf > > -- > > *For doubts on Ubuntu and other public software, visit > http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions > > **Are you using pirated software? Use Sarvajanika Tantramsha, see > http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Public_Software > ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಇಲಾಖೆಗೆ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ > ***If a teacher wants to join STF-read > http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Become_a_STF_groups_member > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "EnglishSTF" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/englishstf. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/englishstf/CANJf2f9WYpO%2B_4LfaSx0mjDVbkaptht7M0yx%2BGrEQe-Ka8pN6g%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/englishstf/CANJf2f9WYpO%2B_4LfaSx0mjDVbkaptht7M0yx%2BGrEQe-Ka8pN6g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- EnglishSTF Link: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/englishstf -- *For doubts on Ubuntu and other public software, visit http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Frequently_Asked_Questions **Are you using pirated software? Use Sarvajanika Tantramsha, see http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Public_Software ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಇಲಾಖೆಗೆ ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ***If a teacher wants to join STF-read http://karnatakaeducation.org.in/KOER/en/index.php/Become_a_STF_groups_member --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "EnglishSTF" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/englishstf. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/englishstf/CAOeb7Z%2BLUFheeCWD%3Duy49AgAPvFH1n0Y5uOZ8YnSortZUw7zyA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
