Notes and links from Sat 18 July

Status: Slept for a very long time last night, maybe 13 hours. Didn’t even need my pillow-friendly headphones to send me off. I was feeling pretty antsy last night and on reflection I did do something every day for four days, so even though those were limited, well managed and not harmful in themselves they did add up. Today I’m feeling much clearer but the lesson has been learned, keeping it on the down-low. Reading: Energy and the Matter Problem — This has been sitting in my tabs for a while as I thought it would require a clear head to process, but it turns out to be a very accessible read which I commend to you all. Not a surprise as Deb Chachra is a great writer. Here she looks at how abundant energy, correctly applied, could solve “the matter problem”, as in how we deal with the atoms we extract, use and dispose of as an earth-bound society. The opening example of how aluminium went from a near-impossible to produce luxury metal to literally disposable is particularly…