99th Day: A Warning About Men

I’ve spent the last five years writing and researching my new book, 99th Day: A Warning About Technology, which will be published on February 2, in celebration of Brigid’s Day, named for an ancient wise Irish witch. Unlike in the genocidal continent of Europe and much of the UK (except for Celtic Highlands Scotland), witches were revered in Irish culture as wise women, healers, spirit people. That had also been so throughout Europe, but the male elite of the churches, aristocracy and judiciary was so unrelentingly cruel and evil that they were able to deliver one genocide after another. (If Europe is good at anything, it certainly deserves the gold medal for genocide.)

Back around 2020, I thought I might write a follow-up to my book, World Wide Waste, a deeper examination into how to reduce waste for digital design and technologies. One area I was focused on was e-waste. I had a chat with a brilliant scientist, Josh Lepawsky, and his wisdom would change my focus a lot. He told me that while e-waste was a true scourge—it was the fastest growing waste in the world—it still only represented a fraction of the waste caused by mining. If you want to understand where this civilization of