The above one is actually super interesting from a sociotechnical ethics point of view and the proximate cause (SO2 shipping emissions reductions by the International Maritime Organization). An ostensibly morally "good" choice at first order, but potentially disastrous at 2nd and 3rd orders (plus badly timed with El Nino and the Hunga Tonga eruption this year which injected ~megatons of water vapour into the stratosphere).
Situating non-arbitrary, value-informed decisions within a stochastic and unpredicatably complex world may seem like an intractable problem, but I suspect that both your work here re: trustworthiness, plus some other high-octane applied philosophy (looking at you, neo-Aristotleanism multiplied by post-Anthropocene scholarship) could provide sociotechnical praxis *vectors*, through which we may guide action on the ground.
Ultimately this is probably equivalent to something like systems wisdom, or some fancy/fun neo-phrase. The quixotic conundrum here arises though that within any given context (bioregion, company, etc.), per much of what Nora Bateson writes about, the very terms we use in such transcontextual playing fields become objects of play and/or consternation.
Yeah, quite right. One of the big challenges I face daily is bringing some level of systems literacy into the processes of assessing good / right. It's soooo hard, but an active and deeply worthy pursuit. Re the specific example here, it seems that the latest peer reviewed update to the PB model is a less useful model than it should be... Certainly 'wrong' as the saying goes, but, based on our recent convos it may be far less useful than it needs to be also.
Don't forget the interactions between Planetary Boundaries too!
https://twitter.com/LeonSimons8/status/1702322182192607357
The above one is actually super interesting from a sociotechnical ethics point of view and the proximate cause (SO2 shipping emissions reductions by the International Maritime Organization). An ostensibly morally "good" choice at first order, but potentially disastrous at 2nd and 3rd orders (plus badly timed with El Nino and the Hunga Tonga eruption this year which injected ~megatons of water vapour into the stratosphere).
Situating non-arbitrary, value-informed decisions within a stochastic and unpredicatably complex world may seem like an intractable problem, but I suspect that both your work here re: trustworthiness, plus some other high-octane applied philosophy (looking at you, neo-Aristotleanism multiplied by post-Anthropocene scholarship) could provide sociotechnical praxis *vectors*, through which we may guide action on the ground.
Ultimately this is probably equivalent to something like systems wisdom, or some fancy/fun neo-phrase. The quixotic conundrum here arises though that within any given context (bioregion, company, etc.), per much of what Nora Bateson writes about, the very terms we use in such transcontextual playing fields become objects of play and/or consternation.
Yeah, quite right. One of the big challenges I face daily is bringing some level of systems literacy into the processes of assessing good / right. It's soooo hard, but an active and deeply worthy pursuit. Re the specific example here, it seems that the latest peer reviewed update to the PB model is a less useful model than it should be... Certainly 'wrong' as the saying goes, but, based on our recent convos it may be far less useful than it needs to be also.