#ResilienceTech Briefing / July 2002

This is a regular (delayed) re-post of my plaintext #nolinks monthly #ResilienceTech briefing that you can sign up for here 👉 http://eepurl.com/c9OjRX

Four Things That I’m Thinking About #ResilienceTech

• The root causes of all resilience challenges come from two places: 1/ the climate, and 2/ us. And whether or not we like to acknowledge it, the climate’s on us.
• That said when we the people of the earth own the fact that we’ve materially impacted our planet and choose to do something … then humanity’s got a fighting chance.
• But there are forces at play in our global community — again rooted in we the people — that set up “us vs others” situations that take our attention away from our planet.
• So until we adopt world peace and heal our planet together as a species, technologies that enable greater security and safety are at the core of how to become more resilient.

Three Things I’ve Noticed In The Last 30 Days

• Gun violence is becoming more noticeable globally. In 2019 the WEF estimated there are over 1Bn guns: 84.9% owned by civilians, 2.2% owned by law enforcement, and 12.9% by the military.
• Wildfires are trending on the European continent…