Captain's Phlog                          2020.05.06
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If you've not read Tracy Kidder's book "The Soul 
of a New Machine" [1] you owe it to yourself to do 
so. It remains one of my favorite works. I 
mention it now because there is a bit in there 
that is germane to this post. If I recall, DEC 
salesmen were warning potential customers about 
the cheeky upstart Data General. The result of 
course was that everyone wanted to know what DG's 
phone number was so they could "make sure they 
never called them".

This was how I felt when I heard various 
environmental groups railing against the Jeff 
Gibbs / Michael Moore film "Planet of the Humans" 
[2] as reported in The Guardian. Naturally I 
wanted to see just how blasphemous this thing was 
with my own eyes.

If social scientists can have fans, I've been a 
BIG fan of Mayer Hillman for quite some time. He 
has nothing to do with this film, but he offers a 
similar tone. Two years ago he said "We're doomed. 
The outcome is death, and its the end of most life 
on the planet because were so dependent on the 
burning of fossil fuels. There are no means of 
reversing the process which is melting the polar 
ice caps. And very few appear to be prepared to 
say so."

I concur. I've posted other entries that stake 
out my position. However "Planet of the Humans" is 
the first product I've come across intended for 
truly public consumption. Watch it and see what 
you think. Cake or Death?

May you, and everyone you love, stay safe & well.

[theNumberSixtyTwo]connolly[CircleA][GoogleMail]

[1] http://www.ancientgeek.org.uk/ed/The_Soul_of_a_New_Machine.pdf
[2] https://youtu.be/Zk11vI-7czE