The World’s First Electronic Magazine
By Donella Meadows
–July 5, 1990–
Once every two weeks the computer in my office gives me a beep to say the ESD News has arrived.
When I click back, the masthead of a 15-page magazine comes up on my screen. I can scroll through it, read what I’m interested in, skip over or even wipe out what I’m not. If there’s a [...]
The Cave-Man Approach to Cancer, Pests, and Noriega
By Donella Meadows
–January 18, 1990–
When modern doctors want to eliminate rogue cells that have formed a cancer, they bombard them with lethal radiation. They use linear accelerators, marvelous instruments that provide steady, reproducible streams of radiation from any angle at any dose.
Inevitably most of the radiation does not hit cancer cells. It hits healthy cells, killing them, deranging normal body [...]
The Senior Citizens of 2089
By Donella Meadows
–March 16, 1989–
Ann Landers ran a tribute recently to today’s senior citizens, who have survived a lifetime of change.
She pointed out that they were here before the Pill, penicillin, plastic, and pantyhose, before television, Xerox, ball point pens. Before tape recorders, much less CD players, before the 40-hour week, co-ed dormitories, computers. They have gone through a lot. [...]
High-Tech Garbage Recycling Makes Jobs and Saves Money
By Donella Meadows
–July 30, 1987–
American municipalities will spend $35-50 billion over the next four years for trash incinerators, but incinerators are not the best solution to the garbage problem, says Neil Seldman. They cost too much, they pollute, they waste resources, and they funnel money away from the community instead of back into local jobs and businesses.
Neil Seldman is President [...]
Super-Tractors, Super-Cows, Super-Farms
By Donella Meadows
–July 3, 1986–
The super-tractor of the future will have sensor beams, sweeping out 20 yards ahead as the tractor moves forward. The beams will detect soil nutrients and feed the information to the computer in the cab. Taking ground speed into account, the computer will issue instructions to the fertilizer mixer in the rear. As the tractor passes [...]
