Alt title: How often do you check your spam folder?

Our world (and our future) is about hiding the more we’re producing.

We see fewer emails, thanks to spam filters. But the emails are there, we just ignore them.

Each email sent and ignored uses a tiny bit of energy. That energy adds up.

On the surface, we see some simple text on a screen, apparently writing itself.

But underneath? Massive amounts of distant energy are belching out smog to make it happen.

Instead of consuming energy twice, once to send, and once to ignore, I’d love to see a future in which we stop sending the spam in the first place, where our band-aids don’t cause as much of a burden as the problem itself.

A man can dream!