Sunday, September 18, 2016

Quiz Sep20

Don and Jilli have us covered for today's quiz, I'll just add this so we can get on with our video production. (Today, take up to 8 bases on the quiz if you correctly answer their questions.)

1. With what Jane Austen-inspired metaphor does Klein describe the work of the Chicheley Hall retreat?

2. What kind of wave might ensue, if we ever stopped blocking the sun?

3. Why is Frankenstein a terribly poor metaphor for geoengineering?

4. What kind of stories do we need, according to Klein, instead of visions of a space-faring human future?

DQ

  • Is ""if we can put a man on the moon" boosterism misplaced, when discussing geoengineering? 280
  • How should we reconceive Earth Day, and reclaim it from those who misconceive the real vulnerability at issue? 285
  • Is the Spaceship Earth metaphor fundamentally misconceived? 
  • Is Stewart Brand a sellout or a visionary? 288
  • Should we go to Mars? (Or just send Branson et al?)
  • Can an acceptance that this Earth is for now our only home sufficiently motivate responsible environmentalism? Or must we renounce the "astronaut's eye view" and the vision of a human future in space as irrelevant and possibly harmful? (Before you answer conclusively, I recommend reading A Man on the Moon by Andrew Chaikin. We shouldn't be so eager to abandon the intrepid mindset that powered those audacious moonshots, a demonstration of resolve and perseverance that's been lacking in the face of climate change.)
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