This really disgusts me, and it confounds me. What is he thinking?

Certainly a smart, well-informed writer like Thom Hartmann knows all the problems caused by so-called artificial intelligence. Asking AI to create artwork is a *huge* waste of valuable resources — water and energy — not to mention probable infringement on the rights of original image creators. Plus it feeds right into the hands of thieving capitalist mega-corporations, the kind that a liberal like Hartmann presumably opposes.

Using AI in this way is indefensible. It’s wrong, and it must be condemned.

I’ve stopped following Hartmann (@ThomHartmann) and I hope you will too.

#AI #Capitalism

What is Capitalism?

#capitalism #ethics #profit #meme #politics #finance #economy #future #problem #humanity

♲ Anarchist Art Ⓐ - 2024-10-03 14:02:02 GMT

The people are being consumed by the so called "free" entertainment.

But it is not "free". It is dumb and trade-based. TikTok, Facebook, Youtube, Twitter and so forth mandate that you give them your data and attention (watch ads) in order to use their platforms. In return they give you access to a ton of dumbed down content.

Trading stupidity is much easier than trading well made content. Therefore stupidity evolves faster in a trade-based society.

To make a good researched video can take months, to make a dumbed down one can take minutes. To write a good book about real and important things, and research for it, takes months or years. To write bullshit fictional stories takes a lot less. Music, movies, articles, they are all under the influence of trade, allowing simplistic content to thrive while good one to barely breath.

It is this trade based society to be blamed for the vast majority of the destruction, suffering and idiocy we see worldwide.

#trade #TradeRuinsEverything #capitalism #money #media #journalism

Our future ...

#meme #titanic #future #crisis

♲ anonymiss - 2024-10-05 03:03:28 GMT

Symbolic image for the current state of our #civilization.

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#meme #future #humanity #crisis #politics #society #capitalism #war #terror #finance #economy #climate #environment #nature #earth #biodiversity #memes #titanic

Symbolic image for the current state of our #civilization.

#meme #future #humanity #crisis #politics #society #capitalism #war #terror #finance #economy #climate #environment #nature #earth #biodiversity #memes #titanic

Meta and friends – like Mastodon and Vivaldi – form Social Web Foundation.

May I be the first to say:

Fuck the Social Web Foundation.

https://socialwebfoundation.org

I am so fucking sick of this bullshit happening over and over again. I’d say they’re useful idiots but, let’s face it, Mastodon aren’t idiots. Vivaldi aren’t idiots. They’re smart folks. They know full well what Meta is. They clearly just don’t give a shit.

#SocialWebFoundation #Meta #BigTech #surveillance #capitalism #fediverse

Social Web Foundation

Towards a bigger, better fediverse

^{Social Web Foundation}

TROM II: We create a lot of useless shit - https://videos.trom.tf/w/mp7CmyrkyaAqWosdhUjXgk

#consumerism #trade #TradeRuinsEverything #money #capitalism

TROM II: We create a lot of useless shit

Watch the entire documentary here - https://www.tromsite.com/documentaries/trom2/

^{videos.trom.tf}

TROM II: Politicians vs Reality - https://videos.trom.tf/w/2nrAPGm3kRQbTSszdHtjcH

Let's put their promises face to face with reality.

#politics #climatechange #climate #capitalism #trade #money #environment

TROM II: Politicians vs Reality

Watch the entire documentary here - https://www.tromsite.com/documentaries/trom2/

^{videos.trom.tf}

TROM II: The Ghost Town - empty homes for nobody https://videos.trom.tf/w/1MB7Cap3qy4cYGWAgxA6RT

#homeless #homelesness #capitalism #waste #trade #TradeRuinsEverything

TROM II: The Ghost Town - empty homes for nobody

Watch the entire documentary here - https://www.tromsite.com/documentaries/trom2/

^{videos.trom.tf}

The world is indeed becoming like a really bad bad dark comedy.

I suggest they take a shit from there to see how it lands on Earth. They are already shitting all over the planet anyway...

At the same time:

Yeah....not much can be said...

#nasa #space #spacex #billionairs #capitalism

TROM II: Attack the World with Solutions - https://videos.trom.tf/w/3wi826du6SpuDJRmm13k5p

#opensource #volunteer #foss #capitalism #money #trade-free #trade

TROM II: Attack the World with Solutions

Watch the entire documentary here - https://www.tromsite.com/documentaries/trom2/

^{videos.trom.tf}

Just a few evolved apes that have learned to go to the toilet but don't even manage to maintain their own habitat.

#ape #earth #quote #future #environment #nature #pollution #apocalypse #humanity #Problem #capitalism #fail #Intelligence #climate

TROM II: The Bullshit of Sustainable Business - https://videos.trom.tf/w/1wF6CvGYEng4mC8TLVyboh

#greenwashing #capitalism #money #TradeRuinsEverything #trade

TROM II: The Bullshit of Sustainable Business

Watch the entire documentary here - https://www.tromsite.com/documentaries/trom2/

^{videos.trom.tf}

#food #capitalism #health #problem

♲ Anarchist Art Ⓐ - 2024-08-12 11:02:03 GMT

Politics, a cringe show. And USA has the most popular of the shows.

Empty words, rich people, a cult of following. Nothing changes: most people have to trade their lives to survive (work), the rich are getting richer, inequality on the rise, the destruction of nature is flourishing. More idiots, more stupidity, shittier and fake lives.

Planet Trade. Welcome. Very predictable. Enjoy the show, slurp the fantasies.

#TradeRuinsEverything #trade #capitalism #politics #dnc #inequality #justice

TROM II: You can trade without currencies, of course - https://videos.trom.tf/w/vZiCg1pL4j8uZcU6vWyxwz

#trade #capitalism #money #currencies #influencers #instagram #datatrade #privacy

TROM II: You can trade without currencies, of course

Watch the entire documentary here - https://www.tromsite.com/documentaries/trom2/

^{videos.trom.tf}

TROM II: Everyone should have access to their basic needs - https://videos.trom.tf/w/ok9qzEdRvBwNZPG8udiChM

#basicneeds #needs #poverty #trom #trade #trade-free #capitalism #society #ubi #basicincome

TROM II: Everyone should have access to their basic needs

Watch the entire documentary here - https://www.tromsite.com/documentaries/trom2/

^{videos.trom.tf}

TROM II: We should change the system - https://videos.trom.tf/w/iReLDTW2kXFxDtyp9EaGny

#capitalism #gretathumberg #money #trade #systemchange

TROM II: We should change the system

Watch the entire documentary here - https://www.tromsite.com/documentaries/trom2/

^{videos.trom.tf}

TROM II: Technology Won't Save Us - https://videos.trom.tf/w/weWXUVT1zXW5v8QRZUG5Lr

#technology #renewables #renewable-energy #electric-cars #capitalism #trade

TROM II: Technology Won't Save Us

Watch the entire documentary here - https://www.tromsite.com/documentaries/trom2/

^{videos.trom.tf}

TROM II: Money is a limitation tool. @Dima 's story - https://videos.trom.tf/w/haZRcDJ7upSijLsVxwkqQr

#money #capitalism #trade #society

TROM II: Money is a limitation tool. Dima's story

Watch the entire documentary here - https://www.tromsite.com/documentaries/trom2/

^{videos.trom.tf}

TROM II: The ridiculous way we use gold as a resource - https://videos.trom.tf/w/kEKXjf9TZXdZs2HZ4zwxu2

#gold #society #capitalism #TradeRuinsEverything #trade #money

TROM II: The ridiculous way we use gold as a resource

Watch the entire documentary here - https://www.tromsite.com/documentaries/trom2/

^{videos.trom.tf}

TROM II: Mountains of Waste https://videos.trom.tf/w/2tA9iTuPGmDdTRZSNF4GoZ

#waste #pollution #climatechange #ewaste #capitalism #trade #TradeRuinsEverything

Tio

2024-04-17 18:36:06

TROM II: Mountains of Waste

Watch the entire documentary here - https://www.tromsite.com/documentaries/trom2/

TROM 2

TROM II: A Message to the Aliens Year: 2023   /   Duration: 4 parts, 5 hours We live in a world where everyone is busy, everyone is consumed, everyone seems confused. Money, social credits, ads, data collection, prices and billionaires.

^TROM

One is a billionaire who is selling all of his books, the other one is a quite-broke human who has the courage and decency to provide her book online for free. Trade-Free. No ads, no data collection, no subscribe-here-to-read bullshit.

That's the world in which we live. The ones who make a fortune are trained and incentivized to not even share their "must read" books for free, despite having so much wealth.

Oh look, Bill Gates released a book about "How to Avoid a Climate Disaster"! It must be important.... so it is worth 18$ to read.

Grab @Sasha 's book from here https://www.bigworldsmallsasha.com/book/ - she also talks a lot about Climate Change, solutions, and a new kind of worldview.

#gates #climatechange #capitalism #TradeRuinsEverything #climate #billionaires

Welcome to planet Earth. A random rock in the Universe where the most "intelligent" species only cares about trade. Trade this for that. So that the members of its species spend all of their life trading. That's all it is.

It is not about creating smarter and relaxed humans, and a nice environment for everyone. Not about exploring and learning, or enjoying. It is about trading.

Primitive species.

#TradeRuinsEverything #capitalism #work #jobs #slaves

EDIT: Funny that this fits so well with the latest bit we shared from TROM II - You are a disposable tool https://videos.trom.tf/w/rEieFEBWghVcJgQqDb4Tuh .... weird coincidence.

TROM II: Money made us crazy https://videos.trom.tf/w/gArnE9mtYXfq4iTizbFbCc

#capitalism #money #trade #TradeRuinsEverything #rich

Tio

2024-04-05 13:39:33

TROM II: Money made us crazy

Watch the entire documentary here - https://www.tromsite.com/documentaries/trom2/

TROM 2

TROM II: A Message to the Aliens Year: 2023   /   Duration: 4 parts, 5 hours We live in a world where everyone is busy, everyone is consumed, everyone seems confused. Money, social credits, ads, data collection, prices and billionaires.

^TROM

You want to see how kids entertainment looks like in a trade-based society? Here: Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV https://www.videoneat.com/documentaries/26075/quiet-on-set-the-dark-side-of-kids-tv/

Kids being abused in many ways in order to make money - for themselves, for others (mostly), for advertisers, etc..

Part 5 will be released in a few days time and it will be available on VIdeoNeat.

#capitalism #TradeRuinsEverything #money #profit #tv #entertainment #Nickelodeon

trom

2024-04-04 18:23:54

Newly added documentary on VideoNeat.com:

Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV

A docu-series that uncovers the toxic culture behind some of the most iconic children’s shows of the late 1990s and early 2000s.

Watch it here:

https://www.videoneat.com/documentaries/26075/quiet-on-set-the-dark-side-of-kids-tv/

The plastic industry knowingly pushed recycling myth for decades, new report finds https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/the-plastic-industry-knowingly-pushed-recycling-myth-for-decades-new-report-finds

Of course...one must be very skeptical when the companies producing plastic are so keen about "recycling". Of course they like these programs even if they do not work (which is the case today) since it allows them to produce more plastic and make more profits.

Recycling is only relevant when there is not a huge incentive to produce waste in the first place.

#TradeRuinsEverything #capitalism #recycle #recycling #greenwashing

The plastic industry knowingly pushed recycling myth for decades, new report finds

The world produces an average of 430 million metric tons of plastic each year. The United States alone produces tens of millions of tons of plastic waste annually. Yet on average, only about 5 to 6 percent of plastic in the U.S. is recycled.

^{Ali Rogin (PBS NewsHour)}

2023 was the hottest year on record

#ClimateChange #FossilFuels #capitalism

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/jan/09/2023-record-world-hottest-climate-fossil-fuel

2023 smashes record for world’s hottest year by huge margin

Rapid reduction in fossil fuel burning urgently needed to preserve liveable conditions, say scientists, as climate damage deepens

^{Damian Carrington (The Guardian)}