Signal: A Poem

Signal
Signal
Signal


Question.
What is a signal?
Does it have a sound? 
I’m trying to cut through the noise.

In the (physical) built world, 
we call it a ‘Split Incentive’: 
= the people responsible for behavior change + bill pay [tenants]
≠ the people responsible for decarbonizing + capital investments [owners].

What is the ‘Split Incentive’ in the digital (built) world?
Who should be held responsible? The consumers or the providers?

Talking about retrofitting buildings reminds me of talking about technical debt. 
Maybe reducing source code complexity shrinks the carbon footprint?

Search
Search
Search

What is a truth?
Does it have a smell?
I’m trying to sniff through the noise.

Scroll
Scroll
Scroll

What is an end?
Does it have a sight?
I’m trying to see through the noise.

Streaming
Streaming
Streaming

Infinite distraction.
Infinite comfort.
Humming.
Numbing. 

function String determineMyHope() {
  var myWorld =
  earth.getElementById("Internet")

  if (myWorld.vibe == "dreadful") {
    return null;
  } else {
    return myWorld.vibe;
  }
}

About the author

Taylor Rowe is the Director of Partnerships at The Clean Fight NY. Alongside poetry, she asks how we can leverage public funds to drive more capital to fighting the climate crisis. She thanks Joel Baca for the artwork, Shilpi Kumar for the invitation, and Pooja Reddy for the code review.