The struggle after the Maui fires

 https://www.npr.org/2023/08/29/1196424210/maui-fires-lahaina-runoff-ocean-coral-reefs

https://www.mauiinformationguide.com/maui-fire.php

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Hawaii_wildfires#Impact

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Maui

Black Rock City and Burning Man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRbC3GPW1HI

This has been going on for so many years, it's not about to fade away any time soon.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Man_2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbyhDBFEZEU 2022

While the Burning+Man+festival becomes a temporary city every year, the world has its fare share of cities in the desert. 

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/10-thriving-cities-built-in-deserts-across-the-world.html

https://foundtheworld.com/desert-cities

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Cities+in+the+Desert

The World’s Most Amazing Cities in the Desert

 https://foundtheworld.com/desert-cities/

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/10-thriving-cities-built-in-deserts-across-the-world.html

As long as the basic essentials are provided, people will live just about anywhere even in the desert. 

https://daily.jstor.org/what-desert-cities-can-teach-us-about-water

https://sand-boarding.com/desert-cities

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Cities+in+the+Desert

Robin and Marian (1976)

Robin_and_Marian is an interesting version of the Robin+Hood story in its own right.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_and_Marian#Plot

Of course there are several Robin_Hood movies throughout the decades. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_and_television_series_featuring_Robin_Hood#Theatrical_features

Satellite Photos Show Before And After Of Maui Fires

 https://weather.com/news/weather/video/satellite-photos-show-before-and-after-of-maui-fires

Such loss and devastation.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Maui

What Happens When PIRATES Attack MASSIVE US Navy Ships?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZHuURTlDzU

The Nature Of Reality

 https://philosophynow.org/issues/61/What_Is_The_Nature_Of_Reality

Is reality simply the perception of someone's surroundings? Some people seem to perceive things beyond their local sense of time and space.

Is Consciousness Real? - NEW SCIENCE We're Living In A Simulation | Donald Hoffman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQefdkl8PfY

The Nature of Reality: A Dialogue Between a Buddhist Scholar and a Theoretical Physicist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLbSlC0Pucw

Donald Hoffman: Reality is an Illusion - How Evolution Hid the Truth | Lex Fridman Podcast #293 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reYdQYZ9Rj4

How Physicists Proved The Universe Isn't Locally Real - Nobel Prize in Physics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txlCvCSefYQ

REALITY IS AN ILLUSION: How To Design Your Dream Life & EXIT THE MATRIX | Donald Hoffman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIRHq3d7Uuo

https://www.vulture.com/article/inception-ending-movie-explained.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inception#Plot

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Nature+Of+Reality

Understanding the Universe

Can we understand the universe? | Sheldrake & Hossenfelder go head to head on dark matter  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8JGlX5eU8g , https://www.youtube.com/@TheInstituteOfArtAndIdeas/videos

Is string theory still worth exploring? | Roger Penrose and Eric Weinstein battle Brian Greene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNjckutR7BE

Should we abandon the multiverse theory? | Sabine Hossenfelder, Roger Penrose, Michio Kaku https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W39kfrxOSHg

A Conscious Universe? – Dr. Rupert Sheldrake https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqWbIVlnmNM

Richard Dawkins & Lawrence Krauss: Something from Nothing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0mljE9K-gY

Are We Living In A Simulation? Richard Dawkins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me-sVvIImxg

Richard Dawkins: The Programmer of the Simulation Came About Through Evolution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkudRy8b8JY , https://www.youtube.com/@lexfridman/videos

Richard Dawkins: Evolution, Intelligence, Simulation, and Memes | Lex Fridman Podcast #87 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5f-JlzBuUUU

Aerial footage of Lahaina Wildfire Disaster

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_sjw5ex9z8 , https://www.youtube.com/@kitv/videos

It's such a horrible situation.

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/17947/forest-fire-on-maui

https://storms.ngs.noaa.gov/storms/2023_hawaii/index.html#9/20.819/-156.363

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-did-maui-fire-start-cause-lahaina-hawaii-wildfire

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/blog/maui-fires-live-updates-thousands-flee-unprecedented-disaster-rcna99164

https://www.vox.com/climate/2023/8/9/23826015/maui-fire-2023-lahaina-hawaii-cause

The 2023_Hawaii_wildfires will certainly be remembered as one of the worst years for the islands.

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=Maui

Most Technologically Advanced Countries In The World

 https://www.gfmag.com/global-data/non-economic-data/best-tech-countries

https://www.thetoptens.com/nations/high-tech-countries/

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/most-technologically-advanced-countries

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/most-forward-thinking-countries 

https://www.worldatlas.com/economics/12-most-advanced-countries-in-the-world.html

Pope Francis warns about AI’s dangers

 https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/09/tech/pope-francis-ai/index.html

AI can be a wonderful tool, but humanity should never be controlled by it.

https://www.wionews.com/technology/pope-points-out-disruptive-possibilities-of-artificial-intelligence-calls-for-responsible-use-of-technology-623920

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/08/even-the-pope-is-worried-about-ai-and-its-disruptive-possibilities/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2023/08/08/pope-warns-artificial-intelligence-could-fuel-conflicts-and-antagonism/?sh=3081283e70f0

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/pope-warns-against-potential-dangers-artificial-intelligence-2023-08-08/

https://www.voanews.com/a/pope-warns-against-potential-dangers-of-artificial-intelligence/7216156.html

https://www.ncronline.org/vatican/vatican-news/popes-peace-day-message-focus-ethical-concerns-over-ai

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=AI

Barbie and Existentialism, etc.

 https://iai.tv/articles/barbie-and-de-beauvoir-existentialism-unboxed-stephanie-garcia-auid-2565

Dolls, puppets and people from...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creation_of_life_from_clay

https://www.theregister.com/2013/11/06/science_and_religion_agree_life_and_mankind_are_from_clay

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131105132027.htm

The World’s Most Congested Cities, Roads and Bridges...

 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-01-10/these-are-the-world-s-most-congested-cities

Overall, trains can move people and goods more efficiently. Then busses and trucks, but there still needs to be a good road network as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_congestion#India

https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/worst-traffic-cities-in-the-world/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_congestion#United_States

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/06/us/widen-highways-traffic.html

https://jalopnik.com/the-15-most-congested-highways-in-america-1850203444

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_congestion#United_Kingdom

https://inrix.com/press-releases/2022-global-traffic-scorecard-uk/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_congestion#Australia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_congestion#Canada

https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/toronto-ranked-one-of-the-worst-cities-in-the-world-for-congestion-1.6226070

https://ontruck.org/caa-hwy-401-near-t-o-one-of-north-americas-worst-bottlenecks/

Bottleneck and choke-point planning is the worst way to go. However, that's been the norm for the BC part of Canada for decades.

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/metro-vancouver-has-some-of-the-worst-traffic-in-north-america-study-finds-1.6286875

https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2023/02/22/vancouver-traffic-worst-north-america

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/metro-vancouver-traffic-second-worst-north-america

http://fourthplan.org/action/highway-congestion

https://thedigitallabyrinth.blogspot.com/search?q=cities