Environment on Janik von Rotz

AI is not abstraction

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 10:02:32 +0100

The concept of abstraction has been applied to software engineering. But it never made sense. Software is flexible. Software can be changed even after it has been put into production.

Twitter Stories: Environmental cost of Bitcoin

Tue, 19 Jan 2021 09:16:05 +0100

On Twitter people share stories that go beyond 280 characters. By replying the to their own tweet, they create ongoing threads. Instead of sharing another link, I concatenate these threads and present them here.

Todays thread is about the environmental cost of Bitcoin by Stephen Diehl.

Let’s discuss the environmental cost of bitcoin. Because despite all the push for sustainable and green investment in the tech sector, there’s a giant smoldering Chernobyl sitting at the heart of Silicon Valley which a lot of investors would prefer you remain quiet about. (1)

Environment matters

Mon, 08 Jul 2019 08:54:58 +0200

This post gets a bit abstract. I felt uneasy publishing it. Usually, I write about solid and measurable matters. But this time I wanna talk about an unusual topic. A less graspable. Its about how we perceive ourself and our environment. How we put ourselves into perspective. I wanna talk about the very distinction between individual and environment and why it matters.