I wonder how many resources she used when she 'traveled the world' for 10 years researching this problem.
I sat through some more of this and she is all over the place with her political commentary. My favorite is 'Extraction' == 'natural resource exploitation'? Liberal extremist bullshit. And I love how she slams computers, yet it would seem that computers were used in the creation and most likely distribution of this video. Pretty fucking hypocritical if you ask me. On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 1:07 PM, Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com> wrote: > > A very slanted and black and white presentation of an issue that's > much more complex. > > Around the 13th minute she claims that computers are designed to be > obsolete in a few years and says that she opened a computer to see > what's inside and why. She claims that "only one little part changes > each time" and they show this puzzle piece that's the magically > changing piece. I assume she's talking about the CPU. I guess she > thinks that nothing else changes in a new computer? Not RAM, not > interfaces, not video cards... WTF? > > I do agree with her basic argument that the linear consumer pattern is > unsustainable - one that that starts with raw materials and ends with > a landfill or incinerator. However, her desire to blame the entire > thing on "evil corporations" (aka: you and I) is misplaced. > > I think it's important to reduce pollution, better understand how > different materials effect our environment, and find better ways to > reduce, recycle, reuse - but there is alot of propaganda and > misleading arguments in this presentation. Not the worst I have seen, > but it's still misleading. > > -Cameron > > On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Vivec <gel21...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hey guys, >> >> Someone sent me this link, and while having lunch I decided to visit it. >> It's very interesting, and gets the entire concept of manufacturing, >> production, consumer spending, waste etc. across in just 20 minutes. >> >> While we may subconsciously know all this, it was still a great explanation. >> >> Take a look, it's really just 20 minutes long :) >> >> http://www.storyofstuff.com/ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:308185 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
