That's a sobering essay. Since I was recently at the "Gold" exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History, I was particularly struck by the more-gold-in-one-ton-of-electronic junk than in--was it 17?--tons of gold ore.
On May 21, 2007, at 11:35 PM, Tom Johnson wrote: > fyi > > -------- > > http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3807&page=0 > > Technology drives the forces of globalization. But when we replace our > computers and flat-screens with the newest in high-tech cool, what > happens to the hardware we throw away? Welcome to the digital dumping > ground, where the poor make a living off other people's spare parts. > > > -tj > > -- > ========================================== > J. T. Johnson > Institute for Analytic Journalism -- Santa Fe, NM USA > www.analyticjournalism.com > 505.577.6482(c) 505.473.9646(h) > http://www.jtjohnson.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. > To change something, build a new model that makes the > existing model obsolete." > -- Buckminster > Fuller > ======================================================================= > =============================== > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org "Bliss first, laundry later." The Tao ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
