#SystemicRisk and #polycrisis are terms that are used more and more, especially in discussions around #ClimateChange. However, at least to me, they sometimes feel a bit vague and hard to pin down. So, I sat down, read a bunch of papers, and tried to create a text that is hopefully helpful for wrapping your head around these topics: https://existentialcrunch.substack.com/p/systemic-risk-and-the-polycrisis

Road toll or systemic risk?

More than 11,000 people have been killed on Australian roads in the past 10 years. The number is expected to rise as the holiday season approaches.>>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-27/national-road-toll-nsw-qld-vic-biggest-increases/104641234

The 'integral accident': "When you invent the ship, you also invent the shipwreck; when you invent the plane you also invent the plane crash; and when you invent electricity, you invent electrocution… Every technology carries its own negativity, which is invented at the same time as technical progress." – Paul Virillio
https://gregswan.net/2018/11/30/french-cultural-theorist-paul-virillio-on-the-integral-accident/
#MobilityDesign #roads #RoadToll #crashes #CarDependency #PublicTransport #cars #vehicles #SystemicRisk #SacrificeZone #FossilFuels #speed

The EU unveils its first draft of a Code of Practice under the AI Act for general-purpose AI models, addressing copyright and systemic risks. #EU #AIAct #ArtificialIntelligence #TechPolicy #AIRegulation #Copyright #DigitalGovernance #AIethics #SystemicRisk