I agree that being in touch with material reality, the environment in which we live, and having our senses alert to the changing of the seasons, is really crucial for a way forward in feminism, anti-capitalism, anti- the tech-bros' vision of the future, and pro a female-friendly sustainable future for the earth.
Some beautiful photos. Are they of your garden?
It's interesting that Musk got his start in the mid 1990s in Silicon Valley, and Palo Alto, with their connections with Stanford University. This was when the World Wide Web started to take off, and, as with AI in the linked articles, they had a Utopian vision of the Internet bringing democracy for everyone. It was a rising industry tinged with a bit of Californian hippy, liberal ethos, not to mention very male-dominated. But, I could see in the late 1990s, early 2000s that big business was poised to find ways to monetise it and destroy any buds of democracy.
The AI utopianism, also seems linked to the Californian film industry, with fantasy of humans intertwined with AI, and often, as in the 2003 version of Battlestar Gallactica, it is also infused with Christianity, and the dominance of Western European (ancient Greek) mythology.
The current enthusiasm for AI utopianism, also has a liberal gloss, while being by and for Patriarchal capitalism. There will be, as mentioned in the Silicon Valley, linked article, leveraging of AI for the benefits of the plutocracy, at the expense of the workers, and low-income unemployed. And women will also be further exploited, eg for birthing new workers, and fulfilling low-paid caring roles, when the quest for AI-supported immortality fails to materialise.
Here in NZ and the Pacific, there are also indigenous celebrations and stories about the Southern Hemisphere, mid-winter New Year (around June). In NZ it's Matariki, and was made a public holiday by the last Labour govt. It centers around the Pleiades constellation rising in our skies. The main focus is on the "Seven Sisters", stars in the constellation, and the marking of the period is focused on planting, renewal, and food, and the elements.
Thank you for some of the links in this piece.
I agree that being in touch with material reality, the environment in which we live, and having our senses alert to the changing of the seasons, is really crucial for a way forward in feminism, anti-capitalism, anti- the tech-bros' vision of the future, and pro a female-friendly sustainable future for the earth.
Some beautiful photos. Are they of your garden?
It's interesting that Musk got his start in the mid 1990s in Silicon Valley, and Palo Alto, with their connections with Stanford University. This was when the World Wide Web started to take off, and, as with AI in the linked articles, they had a Utopian vision of the Internet bringing democracy for everyone. It was a rising industry tinged with a bit of Californian hippy, liberal ethos, not to mention very male-dominated. But, I could see in the late 1990s, early 2000s that big business was poised to find ways to monetise it and destroy any buds of democracy.
The AI utopianism, also seems linked to the Californian film industry, with fantasy of humans intertwined with AI, and often, as in the 2003 version of Battlestar Gallactica, it is also infused with Christianity, and the dominance of Western European (ancient Greek) mythology.
The current enthusiasm for AI utopianism, also has a liberal gloss, while being by and for Patriarchal capitalism. There will be, as mentioned in the Silicon Valley, linked article, leveraging of AI for the benefits of the plutocracy, at the expense of the workers, and low-income unemployed. And women will also be further exploited, eg for birthing new workers, and fulfilling low-paid caring roles, when the quest for AI-supported immortality fails to materialise.
Here in NZ and the Pacific, there are also indigenous celebrations and stories about the Southern Hemisphere, mid-winter New Year (around June). In NZ it's Matariki, and was made a public holiday by the last Labour govt. It centers around the Pleiades constellation rising in our skies. The main focus is on the "Seven Sisters", stars in the constellation, and the marking of the period is focused on planting, renewal, and food, and the elements.
https://matariki.co.nz/the-seven-stars-of-matariki/
https://matariki.co.nz/#the-nine-stars-of-matariki