Tag: famine

It’s 2050, a climate changed world where humans and the digital devices are closely entwined. Natural disasters such as drought, famine and floods are the order of the day. Government is making living all that much harder. Many people are displaced as new immigration laws come into effect and the gap between the haves and the have nots widens.

Paul Ehrlich has spent most of his adult life claiming the world is ending, birth rates are skyrocketing, populations are exploding, famine is around the corner and we’re running out of everything. He’s been largely wrong but refuses to admit it.

Wenn du mich siehst, dann weine - “If you see me, then weep”. This is a startling message to stumble upon, carved into one of numerous 'hunger stones' in various European rivers. The hunger stones were medieval traditions indicating when a river's levels have dropped so low that famine will follow.