50 years, think its a long time ? yeah nah
Matthew S.
Head of Product & Customer Experience Leader | Commercial Strategy | Digital Product and Channel Management | B2B and B2C customer segments
The science is in, snow skiing in Australia is done for in 50yrs unless something changes. Most won't care about skiing, but it's not about skiing - it’s the other serious factors.
Australia’s snow area is larger than Sweedens ! Its important - Loss of snow will have a massive massive impact – no snowy hyrdro (less renewables / less stable electricity grid), less water in rivers, rural areas and less farming/food - all due to a lack of snow melt.
I am currently doing some work with Russell Johnson & Associates and Stephen Ansell , and they are asking the tough questions on career, what next for you, what do you want to do, how do you want to make a difference etc etc – but its when you see some tangible science - it really drives home the question on how and where in our working lives can we make a difference ?
This fact is also brought into stark reality when you think of being born in the 1970’s – you are just as close to those born the roaring 1920’s (an archaic world away), as kids born in the 2020’s. It’s a freaky thought when you think how much the world has changed over those 50 + 50 years .. .and where the next 50 might go to ?
It’s still not too late to save the Australian snowfields and everything else we hold dear on this planet, but not without a concerted about-turn.
What would those who were born in the 1920s, who went through a depression, world war, and help build a nation etc etc .. would they care, would they act to help and try and make a difference ? fair bet they probably would.
...PS, I suspect skiing is doomed any way - most likely replaced by folks wearing VR goggles in 2070 due to extortion level costs to go skiing.
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6moI would certainly prefer a world where I can look forward to the King's/Queen's/Galactic Overlord's weekend as the "reliable" commencement of the ski season. Even though we are in the time of lightspeed change, some things always hold true - making a difference through doing work that matters, is vital - too few among us allow ourselves the opportunity to have careers we actually love. Changing direction to the "right one" may seem expensive ... prohibitive even. And it will lead to times of great uncertainty, but the cost of inaction coupled with the insanity of thinking this is someone else's problem (experts, industries, or god forbid "the next generation") will result in the only certain outcome - continuing disaster. I promise to do better.