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Thursday, January 19, 2012

Enviro Memories of the Anthropocene: E-Waste

Posted by on Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 8:11 AM

The return of foraging...


The human foragers at the end of the pleistocene could look at a plant and read the nutritional value of its root. The human foragers at the beginning of the athropocene can look at a junked mobile and know the monetary value of its wiring. Don't cry, baby, these are the days of miracles and wonders.

 

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lark 1
Good Morning Charles,
I like the Paul Simon lyric at the end of your posting. I believe it is from "The Boy in the Bubble" off of Graceland.
Posted by lark on January 19, 2012 at 8:30 AM
2
In a strictly socialist economy there would be little incentive to develop the type of expertise displayed by the hunter-gathers of yore and the junk pickers of modern India.
Posted by Ken Mehlman on January 19, 2012 at 8:36 AM
Confluence 3
He's always quoting Graceland. Did you hear about the new documentary at Sundance, Charles?

http://www.vintagevinylnews.com/2012/01/…

I'm hoping it comes to SIFF this year.
Posted by Confluence on January 19, 2012 at 8:38 AM
gloomy gus 4
Strange how misquoting that line has become so common among people our age, Charles.
Posted by gloomy gus on January 19, 2012 at 8:52 AM
treacle 5
I thought his was called gleaning when people pick through tras piles. I've always thought of foraging as strictly for food itself. Semantic quibble, perhaps, but new words are useful.
Posted by treacle on January 19, 2012 at 9:26 AM
briantrice 6
We'll just build nanobots to process it for us. It saves the effort of having to employ or pay a large number of poor people...
Posted by briantrice http://www.briantrice.com on January 19, 2012 at 9:34 AM

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