Do We Have a Future?

Heads-up: This post is a bit of a bummer so stay away if you’re looking for something positive. When I went to open the bedroom curtains this morning, I did not expect the outside to look like it was lit by a giant night lamp. This is a photo I took in the apartment at 10 a.m.: And here’s our backyard: The photos don’t do it justice, so I measured the colour temperature of the outside with a white balance card: It’s 3000K outside right now! A normal sunny day is typically around 5600K. For those who might not be familiar with white balance or colour temperature, it’s basically a value that tells you how “white (think daylight)” “blue (think after sunset, or blue hour)” or “warm (think night lamp)” a light is, and it’s commonly used in video production and photography. Kelvin Colour Temperature Scale So Toronto—my city—is currently as yellow as your typical night light. We currently have the worst air quality in the world: It seems that Canada has been having really bad wildfires every…