#maladaptation

"There’s a certain kind of person who likes to talk about Chesterton’s Fence, and who will tell you that you should obey tradition because, being the distillation of centuries of human experience, it encodes tacit knowledge and gives you truths you couldn’t possibly reach on your own. This person, whom we may call the utilitrad, is rarely from a society that burns its widows."

#JanePsmith

Touché.

https://www.thepsmiths.com/p/review-sick-societies-by-robert-b

#traditionalism #anthropology #maladaptation #GKChesterton
#ThePsmiths

Variation on theme of sawing down legs to level a table.

Meanwhile it's the floor (us) that is lumpy.

#NorthernSpottedOwl
#BarredOwl
#maladaptation

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/environment/wa-lands-commissioner-wary-of-federal-plan-to-kill-thousands-of-owls/

"Le projet du gouvernement de planter 1 milliard d’arbres est « une supercherie », dénoncent des associations. D’après des documents obtenus par Reporterre, il servirait à financer des coupes rases et à industrialiser la filière."

Par Gaspard d’Allens : https://reporterre.net/Planter-1-milliard-d-arbres-comment-le-plan-de-Macron-rase-des-forets

#planter #maladaptation #planter #sylviculture #forêts #Reporterre #coupesRases #industrialisation

#ForeverWarSubsidizesFossilFuelsAndSprawl: Avina’s Nueces Green Ammonia plant plans to separate the hydrogen from water, convert it to ammonia and export it as a high-tech fuel alternative to oil and gas. It’s one of several such projects currently proposed in Texas, driven by federal subsidies.

#MalAdaptation #OrganizedHumansAreADesertificationSpecies

https://www.texasobserver.org/water-energy-environment-corpus/

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/12/5/cop28_climate_and_militarism

#MalAdaptation: Shirine Jurdi, a women, peace and security expert with close colleagues in Gaza, lays out how women are disproportionately impacted by the climate crisis and the global war machine. “If we want to talk about real impacts and outputs out of this COP, we really need to look at militarization.”

#PentagonIsTheBiggestEmitter #FinancingBiPartisanCarbonBombs

"#Maladaptation is usually understood as referring to the unintended consequences of well-meant measures to reduce #ClimateVulnerability. But it also includes the fallout from decisions that favour technical fixes over more holistic approaches."

https://theconversation.com/climate-adaptation-projects-sometimes-exacerbate-the-problems-they-try-to-solve-a-new-tool-hopes-to-correct-that-213969

https://heated.world/p/hilary-took-las-unhoused-by-surprise?utm_medium=email

#maladaptation: Though the #city of Los Angeles claims to be working hard to address its #houselessness #crisis, organizations that work with the unhoused say the city has not figured out how to adequately respond to #extremeweather, creating a #feedbackloop where houseless #residents fall deeper into crisis with every storm.

Ça me saoule. Le ministre Clément Beaune se garagarise de distribuer des petites bouteilles d'eau aux voyageurs, générant plein de déchets plastiques, au lieu de faire installer des fontaines d'eau potable.
Et ça fait plus d'un an que la loi l'y oblige, c'est pas nouveau !
#maladaptation

#GreenConsumption #AutoOrientedDevelopment #maladaptation

From: @ernandy
https://mstdn.social/@ernandy/110791698465889766

File under #maladaptation
https://www.redfin.com/news/climate-migration-real-estate-2023/

In the year after the excavation, the density of active swimming animals, such as fish and shrimp, dropped by 43% in areas directly affected by sediment kicked up by mining, and by 56% in adjacent areas. The results show that effects are felt beyond the mining areas “by a pretty substantial amount”.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02290-5

#BanCarsInCities #WalkableCites #BendTheKeelingCurve #maladaptation

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/06/30/white-house-releases-report-on-solar-geoengineering.html

#maladaptation: continuing buildup by deteriorating #carbonsinks in #fossilfuels #forests #soils and #oceans with prays to technology instead of #keepitintheground policy.

#walkablecities

#maladaptation- trying to immunize #sprawl against the increasing #devastating effects of #climatechange without reducing #emissions and bending the #KeelingCurve.

#KeepItInTheGround
#DestroyingNature
#RiskingLives
increasing #GreenHouseGases
#SubsidizingUtilities

https://www.smdailyjournal.com/opinion/guest_perspectives/protecting-homes-from-climate-change-disasters/article_6a1da2e6-1486-11ee-b8ce-9707fca1dd84.html

They think they're cool (clever) but they're behaving like fools.

The difference between understanding evolutionary biology at some level or another, and not, is that informed people can understand the drivers or motivations that make animals do what they do (including humans. At some level).

An evident motivator that everyone will be aware of is hunger. Hunger is a negative behavioral motivator. Whilst many people in wealthy countries will not have experienced real hunger, at extreme levels hunger will dominate the animal's mind (as would thirst). The animal would be "obsessed" with trying to find food (I acknowledge the anthropomorphization of "obsessed". However, a feeling of angst that focuses the animal's attention on finding food). Basically, the feelings associated with hunger are adaptations. If an animal was born that did not feel hunger, it would die - it would not pass on that behavior to the next generation (Although, if that animal was a human, a baby, carers could make sure that the youngster eat enough food).

Humans are no exception (though some delude themselves otherwise. A form of narcissism or ego), humans are also driven by feelings (emotions or instincts). For example, many humans take part in relatively foolishly dangerous behaviors because they are "showing off". Whilst any human can "show off", (many) men tend to dominate in the showing off by taking part in stupidly reckless activities department. Showing off is status-seeking behavior. For example, showing off resources such as expensive sports cars. Showing off by, in their minds, showing off their driving skills by driving cars fast or riding motorbikes fast. If the car or motorbike has a relatively loud engine, well, that's another way to show their status (perhaps they perceive that some people look at them because they're cool - rather than thinking they're simply noisy irritating fools).

So, what they don't realize is that they're actually acting like fools. They think they're cool but they're behaving like fools. Fundamentally, they're being idiots. Their dangerous driving is risking the safety of other people for no reason - other than to show off (an instinct - which is now a maladaptation). Of course, many adult males, as they mature, may come to realize that their risk-taking behaviors are simply not worth it. However, that realization (learning or maturity) takes a level of intelligence. Some adult males never grow up (they just look older).

Risk-taking behaviors are particularly dangerous when, for example, many adults are voting in a democracy. For example, they may ignore the medical advice about wearing face masks during a pandemic or the scientific warnings about climate change. Apparently, face masks aren't macho enough!

So, how do we mitigate the fools thinking their cool social psychological phenomenon? We try to educate more people about evolutionary psychology so that they recognize stupid when they see it.

Evolutionary Psychology - The New Science of the Mind https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429061417

#adaptation #psychology #EvolutionBiology #EvolutionaryPsychology #SocialPsychology #health #education #sports #cars #motobikes #democracy

#maladaptation #mutation #SarCov2 #covid #pandemic #climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

We've updated our homepage, featuring recent publications on #migration, #maladaptation, #peacebuilding, #IceMelt, #WestNileVirus, #carbonmarkets and much more!

https://journals.plos.org/climate/

[FranceInfo] - #DeuxSèvres : face aux risques de #sécheresse, la préfète n'arrête pas le projet de 16 #bassines.

Dans les Deux-Sèvres, la préfète annonce ce lundi 6 mars que les projets de 16 bassines d'eau seront bien construits. La situation hydrologique du département ne remet pas en cause, selon elle, la construction.

https://flip.it/wgcfFn

#ChangementClimatique
#MalAdaptation
#Environnement

There's a hashtag for this kind of megaproject with a host of indirect impacts (inluding opportunity cost): #maladaptation. More in the context of the @IPCC_CH #climateadaptation report: https://revkin.substack.com/i/79692047/avoiding-maladaptation-pursuing-climate-resilient-development
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RT @KensingerNathan
A coalition of environmental groups in NYC is speaking out against a $52 billion storm surge plan. The groups include @Newt…
https://twitter.com/KensingerNathan/status/1630233018836348928

New paper: "The geometry of evolutionary conflict", with Petri Rautiala (#OpenAccess):

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2022.2423

‣ conflict-driven maladaptation extends outwith battleground, including into other dimensions

‣ modularity rescues complex adaptation

#Conflict #CostOfComplexity #FishersGeometricModel #MajorTransitions #Maladaptation #Modularity

#introduction

My research @kassel university looks at #drought and #migration dynamics in #Morocco. Think: #livelihoods #landscapes #agroforestry #adaptation #maladaptation #vulnerability #water scarcity #MENA #drylands and #NBS

My PhD research focused on #swidden #farming #communities in #Myanmar. Think: #chin state #governance, #LandRights #LandGrabbing, #agroecology #LocalKnowledge #conservation

Free time: #gardening #photography #dogs #forests #trees #MartialArts

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