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Progress and 'convenience' are often intermingled.
For us, convenient ways of living
A faster computer, phone
or just a device like 'microwave' which helps us heat food
fast and 'nice'.
Something has changed in last few decades..
Convenience and Progress : seems to be diverging.
Some examples
People like 'driving'.
Sometimes, driving becomes a passion : not a quest to go from point A->B
Thats not for all : but for people who live in congestion free cities.
but 'driving' became a 'problem' : coz 'commute' to workspace : was becoming longer/boring and taxing
: we were not helping the 'climate'
so 'self driving' cars : the idea began to form shape.
Work : was needed : so driving needs to become less problematic : hence self driving cars : made sense for many.
They don't remove the 'congestion' : but somehow make the drive 'bearable' : coz 1 can watch stuff on tablet.
Muskie iron-man : had all the solutions : lithium has different properties when it comes to USA companies backed by wef ideas.
Lithium mining and its dependency : is progress. It is 'carbon efficient' : coz the electric which charges lithium : is produced by lithium itself.
Got to love the boot time of a minute.
Then all the 'reminders' on home screen of google tv.
This all : makes watching TV quiet : smart.
For the 1st time : getting a UPS to a cheap tv became compulsory : just to watch a movie in peace...
coz a reboot : or an electric cut : or the firmware update : or the usual software debauchery of bugs/hacks..is just too much to ask
They are too smart with a lithium battery 'sealed' inside .. and 0 repair-ability intent.
a new phone a year : is a reality.
Or buy the iPhone for 2 years : same thing
Lithium : is the magic of all this 'battery' dependence : powering a forever connected world.
Do we want to be forever connected?
I think so...
not all of us...
but most of us.
Source: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/questioning-progress-sustainability-xashish-xtanwar-c6qac