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Author Archives: J. M. Korhonen
What climate strikers ought to know about our economic system
Dear participants of the climate strike and all the other friends of a livable future! First of all, I’d like to thank every single one of you for your work defending a future for all of us. In my eyes, … Continue reading
Posted in Economy and the Environment, Politics
Tagged climate change, climate strike, Environment
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The possible anatomy of coming climate change trials
As I write these lines, we have an ever clearer understanding that 1) humanity is hurtling towards a disaster of unimaginable proportions, and 2) the responsibility for this entirely foreseeable disaster rests to a very large extent on a very … Continue reading
Posted in Economy and the Environment, Politics
Tagged climate change, climate policy, ecocide
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Bitcoin is not a good fit for renewable energy. Here’s why.
Recent research suggests that Bitcoin network is using an appreciable fraction – 0.1% – of the world’s total electricity use and is projected to use up to 0.5%, or about what all the solar panels in the world produce, by … Continue reading
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Practical policies for transition towards post-capitalist, post-scarcity society
One question I get asked a lot is that post-capitalism and post-scarcity sound like good ideas in theory, but how do we get from here to there in practice? In other words: What are the actual, concrete political projects we … Continue reading
Posted in Notes in process, post-scarcity, Uncategorized
Tagged post-scarcity, Research
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Post-scarcity: a research review (in progress!)
I’ve been slowly going through research literature on post-scarcity and so-called scarcity, abundance and sufficiency (SAS) school of thought. TL;DR version: post-scarcity economy, where the economic problem of production has for all intents and purposes been solved and all the basic … Continue reading
Pragmatic, inclusive energy discussion works
Here’s one data point for the debate about communicating nuclear power: The approval rating of nuclear power in Finland has risen by a whopping seven percentage points in a year. In Pyhäjoki, where the Russian Rosatom is building its highly-contested … Continue reading
Posted in Ecomodernism, Energy, Nuclear energy & weapons
Tagged climate change, Finland, Nuclear, Renewables, rhetoric
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Why I believe we ought to build a spacefaring civilisation
The successful launch of the Falcon Heavy is a milestone, and it has raised again the important question: should we humans try to create a spacefaring civilisation, even if we could? This is a philosophical question, and answers to … Continue reading
My professional opinion as a blockchain researcher: I don’t see the point (yet)
I’ve spent the last 15 months researching the implications and possibilities of blockchains and related “distributed trust technologies” from a business and societal point of view. Sadly, I have to say that I don’t quite get the hype, as much … Continue reading
Necessity is the mother of inventors: my PhD lecture
The following is the traditional Lectio praecursoria a doctoral candidate in Finland gives to the audience before his/her PhD defence. This one is mine, delivered on 12th December 2017. Esteemed custos, esteemed opponent, ladies and gentlemen! You all are probably … Continue reading
Posted in History of technology, Innovation, Scarcities and constraints
Tagged Essays, Innovation, PhD, Research
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Finland is the land of personal freedom, and that’s why I love it
On December 6th 2017, Finland celebrates her centennial as an independent nation. Exactly one hundred years ago, the Finnish Parliament finally voted for the motion to sever all ties to the revolutionary Russian government and assume the highest legislative power … Continue reading
The unpublished notebooks of J. M. Korhonen 
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