1 July 2021 The Rashomon Effect: Great short video (<6 minutes) explaining how events can be recalled in contradictory ways by well-meaning but ultimately subjective witnesses. The latter half is most relevant to us in explaining the value of including multiple perspectives in an analysis and the difference between ambiguity and unanimity in decision making … Continue reading 3or5 Rashomon, solar boom, ageing cells, poor cocoa farmers
3or5 on solutionism, food monopoly, bloodthirsty locusts
16 July 2021 Optimism, pessimism, and solutionism: some of the ideas in this essay are relevant with how we discuss approaching food system problems (I disagree with the ultimate conclusion on fundamentally being solutionists). America’s food monopolies: LONGREAD. American, but I think the point on market coverage and power is good. And good balance and … Continue reading 3or5 on solutionism, food monopoly, bloodthirsty locusts
3or5 on peak meat, subsidies, containers, and internet
22 December 2021 Chatham House report on implications of COVID 19 for the UK. Please specially have a look at Figure 4 (origins of foods coming into the UK BY COMMODITY), Figure 13 on the impacts and responses to COVID across a few activity areas. Paper on ‘peak meat’ focused on testing if there’s a … Continue reading 3or5 on peak meat, subsidies, containers, and internet
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