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Prof Martin A Mills

@profmartinamills.bsky.social
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Chair in Anthropology, Univ. of Aberdeen; Dir. Scottish Centre for Himalayan Research. Open to both reasoned argument and clear evidence, so opinions my own.

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Prof Martin A Mills @profmartinamills.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
How should universities think about AI? www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/replac...
timeshighereducation.com
Replaced by bots? No, AI needs academics more than we need it
Many fear algorithms will displace academics but the technology is already eating itself and its long-term business model remains unclear, says Martin A. Mills. Here he explains why bots will not wipe...
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Prof Martin A Mills @profmartinamills.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
The purpose of economic activity is to serve human needs in the short, medium & long term. For governments and populations to make 'the economy' (of whatever kind) their ultimate goal is either idolatry, slavery or stupidity - and very probably all three.
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Reuters @reuters.com · 09/01/2025
Authorities moved more than 45,000 people in earthquake-hit Tibet to shelters in a massive rescue operation at the foot of the Himalayas as they wound down the search in a high-altitude environment where the odds of survival were always slim reut.rs/3BXvRNZ
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Focus shifts to Tibet earthquake survivors as search called off
Authorities moved more than 45,000 people in earthquake-hit Tibet to shelters in a massive rescue operation at the foot of the Himalayas as they wound down the search in a high-altitude environment where the odds of survival were always slim.
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ISDP Sweden @isdp-sweden.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
🗓🎥 Join our webinar on January 21: Climate Crisis in Tibet – Part III: China’s Rapacity for Mining Tibetan Resources: When Will the Greed End? 💡 Find out more and register here: www.isdp.eu/event/climat... @profmartinamills.bsky.social
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Climate Crisis in Tibet – Part III: China’s Rapacity for Mining Tibetan Resources: When Will the Greed End? - Institute for Security and Development Policy
Climate Crisis in Tibet – Part III: China’s Rapacity for Mining Tibetan Resources: When Will the Greed End?
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Prof Martin A Mills @profmartinamills.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
New definition of Anthropocene: the year we found out we WEREN’T in charge.
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Prof Martin A Mills @profmartinamills.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
www.scotsman.com/news/environ...
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Stark warning 'cold blob' could cause 'very serious problems' for Scotland's climate
Scotland’s climate could mirror harsher parts of Canada when a fragile Atlantic current system collapses due to global warming.
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Prof Martin A Mills @profmartinamills.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Powerful 7.1m earthquake hits Tibet - leaving at least 53 dead
A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake has hit a Tibetan region near Mount Everest, sending tremors through Nepal's capital city Kathmandu just before dawn on Tuesday.
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Prof Martin A Mills @profmartinamills.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Finishing Naomi Klein's This Changes Everything. Passionate and well-written of course, but so short on solutions beyond "if only we were in charge, it would be fine". Starts off with "What's wrong with us?" (P.15&18) but then spends 500 pages saying what's wrong with THEM. We need better.
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Prof Martin A Mills @profmartinamills.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
The move to ‘green’/‘sustainable’ technology is no use if our energy and resource demands continue to be neither. If the introduction of energy-guzzling AI tells us anything, it is that solving climate change requires accurately diagnosing the cause of humanity’s chronic addiction to energy.
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Prof Martin A Mills @profmartinamills.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Just finished re-reading Karl Polanyi’s The Great Transformation, thirty five years after first reading it as an undergrad. What felt edgy and polemicist back then simply feels terrifying now. How do we let this many decades pass in indifference?
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