Category: chaos theory

bookmark_borderThe Sudden Stop

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LYRICS
No, it’s not the fall
No, it’s not the fall at all
Yes, as I recall
Recall it’s not the fall at all
That will kill you
It’s the stop
Not the drop
But the… stop!
[sudden stop]

The same holds true
How the climate crisis
Will be killing you
Do you know
Wind and floods flow?
As man fails (and flails)
Damage scales

Can you see
Exponentially?
@ V ^2
We phased, too
Velocity squared impaired
Some sum momentum
The act of impact
Velocity squared impaired

It’s not the fall that kills you; it’s the sudden stop at the end.

I said: Technically speaking it is the impact from the momentum that causes damage and deaths. Global warming causes an increase in mass and/or velocity (momentum) of things that are mass flow driven by heat, like wind and flood. The burning of fossil fuels and other human released emissions have impacted momentum’s impact. A warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture. Warmer air allows for the creation of more massive raindrops. Warmer ocean temperatures create stronger hurricanes. Hail and tornadoes form in strong thunderstorm clouds with intense updrafts, high liquid-water content, and large water droplets.

Sidd added: It’s worse than that. Wind and water flow forces scale as the square of velocity, so as flow speeds increase (say due to more intense heating or heavier rain) the damage scales as the square of the velocity.

About “square of the velocity”, I asked Sidd:
is this Bernoulli’s Equation?
Sidd replied:
you will see that force is proportional to density times square of velocity (v^2)
So a twenty mile an hour wind exerts four times as much force as a ten mile an hour wind. And a forty mile an hour wind exerts sixteen times as much force as a ten mile an hour wind. A wind of fifty miles an hour exerts twenty five times and a wind of sixty miles an hour exerts thirty six times as much force as one of ten miles an hour.
Then you have the density term. Water is about eight hundred times denser than air, So the force exerted by a ten mile an hour flow of water is eight hundred times that of a ten mile an hour wind.  So as flow velocities go up due to climate change, force and damage scale as square of the velocities. What is not clear is how much these velocities increase with climate change. But in a sense we are seeing this already as, for example, flood and sewage systems succumb and hillsides fall down, and so on. — from “Climate Change: The Equation” Brouse and Mukherjee (2023)

What you can do today. How to save the planet.

Climate Change: The End of Times

Chords: F# G G@ G# G F# / B D C#7 F# / F# C# C# F#; Part II @ 120 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderFirst One Fell

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LYRICS
First one fell
Oh, well
This is hell?
Fare thee…
Scarcity
Forget about variety
Pales in comparison
Stale’s new companion
The dream of thrive
Is barely alive
Now we strive
Just to stay alive

First one fell
Oh, well?
What the heck
Knocked the next
Second fell
Just as well?
This is hell
Fare thee…
Another down
Come sing around
Another down
Come sing around
Another down
Come sing around

Pales in comparison
Stale’s new companion
The dream of thrive
Is barely alive
Now we strive
Just to stay alive

First-One-Fell.mp3

Human induced climate change is an exponential component of an unordered system (chaos theory). That means global warming is accelerating at a rapid rate in a complex way. Humans have caused chain-reactions resulting in domino-effects, snowball effects, and feedback loops. This song is about the first domino falling… starting the chain-reaction of falling dominoes.  Tipping points are similar to falling dominoes, and feedback loops are similar to a snowball rolling down a hill. So part of the climate change formula might look something like this:

the domino effect * the snowball effect:
(h cos α−(s+d)sin θi+1) * a(1 + r) x

Chords: Dm D#m Em / G D C / C Em Em C
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Written and recorded at Lake Wynonah, PA

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderNext Up… Zero

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LYRICS
3, 2, 1…
Get ready to run
’cause you know
Next up…
Zero
Blast off
Post scoff
Falling domino
Rolling snowball
Societal fall
Time to go
Try to calculate the rate
Of acceleration
Take the bait
And contemplate
Civilization

1, 2, 3
Start your engines
it gets worse
Than one imagines
Blast off
Post scoff
Falling domino
Rolling snowball
Societal fall
Time to go
Try to calculate the rate
Of acceleration
Take the bait
And contemplate
Civilization

Sooooo…
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0
Blast off
Post scoff
Falling domino
Rolling snowball
Societal fall
Time to go
Try to calculate the rate
Of acceleration
Take the bait
And contemplate
Civilization

Next-Up-Zero.mp3

Human induced climate change is an exponential component of an unordered system (chaos theory). That means global warming is accelerating at a rapid rate in a complex way. Tipping points and feedback loops are parts of an equation that determine the rate of acceleration in climate change.

Climate Change: The End of Times

Chords: Em C D / D C / C Em / Em G Em
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar
Written and recorded at Lake Wynonah, PA

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderIn the I of the Storm

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LYRICS
Minimum damage
Or maximum pain
“I Need Some” — Damn Age
Think you’re insane
In the eye of the storm
Everything’s calm
Feel the norm
Forget the bomb?

The other eye of the hurricane
Still remains
Shame the human brain
Can’t refrain
In the eye of the storm
Everything’s calm
Feel the norm
Forget the bomb?

As the eye moves on from I
I soon realize
That wind and rain bring on pain
Should come as no surprise
Left the eye of the storm
All has gone wrong
Deal with a new norm
Cry your same old song

A song about the speed of climate change and the illusion of “calm” when you are in the eye-of-a-hurricane. Tipping points and feedback loops are parts of an equation that determine the rate of acceleration in climate change. Just like coming out of the eye back into the hurricane, the rapid rise in global warming should come as no surprise. A hurricane is a chaotic system, as is climate change. Human induced climate change is an exponential component of an unordered system (chaos theory). That means global warming is accelerating at a rapid rate in a complex way.

Climate Change: The End of Times

Chords: A C G D / E A D / D C / C E / E A/m7; Part II @ 126 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

What you can do today. How to save the planet.

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderWeather Wars

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LYRICSWhile the herd is aimlessly grazing
What I’ve heard is hair-raising
All the cows lay with a storm on the way
No not me
Seek shelter out of harm’s way
Grab your lover
And run for cover
Weather war
Is dishing out more
Fore sure
It’s up to us
If you’re prosperous

We’ve been given the time
Yet ended sublime
Chose to self-anoint
Then, exploit
While the herd is aimlessly grazing
What I’ve heard is hair-raising
All the cows lay with a storm on the way
No not me
Seek shelter out of harm’s way
Grab your lover
And run for cover
Weather war
Is dishing out more
Fore sure
It’s up to us
If we’re prosperous

This song is about 2 social media posts I made the day the song was written and recorded:

For those people living in Southeastern PA, extreme weather warning for this afternoon. Please remember:
Q: Is there a limiting factor to the size of raindrops… that will prevent them from becoming lethal?
A: “A Hard Rain Is Falling” and, yes, hail can kill you.

I responded to a post about climate change being “frightening” and what we need to do. Most people want the government and/or businesses to take responsibility. Here was my response:
It is in everybody’s best interest to abandon fossil fuels immediately. The inevitable is already bad enough… if we continue on as usual, the severity and immediacy will increase exponentially. All need to take action… governments and businesses as organizations, and even more importantly — us… people. Everybody (at least in the USA) can go net-zero today and save money at the same time. Reaching “net zero” is easy, cheap, and saves you thousands of dollars, not to mention, you can help save the planet. Electricity and heat, food and land use, transportation, and investment. Here is what I’ve done to go carbon negative: Go Net Zero Now.

When I say “The inevitable is already bad enough”… this is what we are talking about… your guaranteed future:
Sea-level Rise: Greenland and the Collapse of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet

Chords: Dm F Em / G Em / C D E / D F; Part II @ 101 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderOur Anthem Lullaby

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LYRICS
Aurora, hallelujah
Rory in all her glory

One of the first songs we wrote together. Though Aurora didn’t find it as danceable as Aurora’s Song (Dance!), she was kept quite amused at my attempts to sing falsetto. She started vocalizing to this song, but quickly moved on to prefer singing rock vocals (at high volumes.)

Chords: Am C / C Em / Em Am / Am Em Am
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

Aurora

bookmark_borderFacing Spacing

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LYRICS
Should be interesting to see
The way things are going
Just between you and me
The way things are going
Just between you and me
Interesting to see
The way it’s going
The curve’s sloping up
The curve’s sloping down
All de;ends which way you’re facing
Spacing
Bottom of the cup
Or upside down frown
All depends which way you’re facing
Spacing
So it should be interesting to see
The way things are going
Just between you and me
The way things are going
Just between you and me
Interesting to see
The way it’s going

Human induced climate change is an exponential component of an unordered system (chaos theory). That means global warming is accelerating at a rapid rate in a complex way. How extreme the slope appears depends on where you are facing.

Chords: FM7 A7/A / Am Em C Am; Part II @ 121 and increasing BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards (Korg PS60, Casio WK-500, Korg N364, MiniNova, MicroKorg)

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderNash Calabash

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LYRICS
All’s fair in love and war?
I’d much prefer
There’s war no more
Where there’s peace and love
The least can rise above
And we’ll all sail on as one
When won is one
One sailing on
Raise the rise in “I’s”
As one
In a win-win
Game on
A little bit of Nash calabash
Bash
Shake it
John Nash style for a while
Game on
Sail on
What’s good for me
Is good for you, too
Starting to see
What’s good for me
Is good for you, too

230605_2967-Nash-Calabash.mp3

A song about Nobel prize winning mathematician John Nash. His advances in game theory proved The Golden Rule.
“The best responses of all players are in accordance with each other.”
— John Nash, Jr.

Chords: D C G D / D A D
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar

bookmark_borderBeing Whole

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“A dripping faucet seems random but when plotted as a strange attractor, reveals an eerie order unexpected by conventional means.”

LYRICS
Picking up all the pieces
That ceases
Being whole
Putting them all in place
That’s the race
That’s the goal
The clock is ticking
It’s running down
Your eyes are tricking
Smile or frown?

Picking up all the pieces
That ceases
Being whole
Putting them all in place
That’s the race
That’s the goal
Time keeps on slipping
Into the future
Like a faucet dripping
Chaos for sure

Picking up all the pieces
That ceases
Being whole
Putting them all in place
That’s the race
That’s the goal
The sun is setting
Falling from the sky
There’s no forgetting
The meaning of why

230414_2593-Being-Whole.mp3

Chords: Dm G / Dm C Dm
Instrumentation: Vocals, Guitar

bookmark_borderCan You Give Me Directions?

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LYRICS
Who was the first to decry sky-high?
when was it found the ground was down?
How far
Relative to where you are
How near
Will infinity be clear
Oh dear
Opened a can of wormholes
Space-time sort-a moles
Axis and poles

Who was the first to see eternity?
When were we sure there’s more future?
How far
Relative to where you are
How near
Will infinity be clear
Oh dear
Opened a can of wormholes
Space-time sort-a moles
Axis and poles

What are the odds to defy “to die”?
Who’s to question “why not I?”
How far
Relative to where you are
How near
Will infinity be clear
Oh dear
Opened a can of wormholes
Space-time sort-a moles
Axis and poles

Chords: G Eb / Eb C Eb / Db G / G F6 / G; 122 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)
An improvisational song written and recorded on-the-fly as digital stereo 1-track mp3 files

bookmark_borderPerplex Vortex (Look Around)

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LYRICS
Wind wisp turned whipped
A temperature dip
For a bit
(Winds whirl… times twirl)
Soon to be found
Sudden rebound

Rain drip turned dropped
At first just a bit
Then a lot
(Perplex vortex)
Soon to be found
Sudden rebound

What it means to feel weather extremes
See rages… hear vents
Mean events
Extreme events
(Winds whirl… times twirl
Perplex vortex)
Soon to be found
Sudden rebound

Chords: AM7 E / D A E; 120 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)
An improvisational song written and recorded on-the-fly as a digital 1 and 2-tracks

A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment

bookmark_borderSpace Rocks

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LYRICS
Are you feeling normal
In an abnormal world
Thoughts are reeling/realing forward
In an informal way
Though not random
Definitely out-of-the-box
Through space’s star-dom
Sinking in space rocks

You a mental nomad
Thinking out-of-this-world
The trips that we have had
With hearts made out of gold
Though not random
Definitely out-of-the-box
Through space’s star-dom
Sinking in space rocks

No sense being frugal
Giving love away/a way
Angels hearing our call
“Our hear”/are here to save the day

Riff notes: e(b) d d(b) c b b(b) / e(b)
Chords: Eb / F Bb Eb F; 166 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)
An improvisational song written and recorded on-the-fly as a digital 1 and 2-tracks

bookmark_borderMy Friction

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LYRICS
Am I floating in the Milky Way
Is that how you say

  1. Adrift in space
  2. Flying through space
  3. Traveling in space

Atop a rock
In a space race
Hurling rapid’s pace
Hold the face
Gravity my friction
Naivety my diction

Riff: a a g f e e f g a
Chords: Am / Em F G Am / Bb F C / Am Bb G Am; 99 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)
An improvisational song written and recorded on-the-fly to a digital 1-track

bookmark_borderGravity Assist Trajectory

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LYRICS
Slingshot around the closest star
See how far we really are
Gravity assist trajectory
Maneuver man-overboard
Year upon year upon year upon year upon year
Turn into light year smear
How does time appear?
… the years appear to smear…
Years appear smeared

Riff: d d d f d f d a / d a g f g f d
Chords: Dm / Dm C F / F G A B C D; 160 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)
An improvisational song written and recorded on-the-fly to a digital 4-track

bookmark_borderThe Time of Day

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LYRICS
Can you give me the time of day
I seem to have lost my way
Found my space
But displaced
In the continuum
Found my space
But displaced
I am
Found my space
But displaced
In the continuum
May I continue on….

Can you give me the time of year
Even what season’s drawing near
Found my space
But displaced
In the continuum
Found my space
But displaced
I am
Found my space
But displaced
In the continuum
May I continue on….

Can you tell me day or night
I’m searching for the light
Found my space
But displaced
In the continuum
Found my space
But displaced
I am
Found my space
But displaced
In the continuum
May I continue on….

Chords: F Bb Eb F / Db C7 F; 82 BPM
Instrumentation: Vocals, Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards (Yamaha PSR740, Korg PS60, MicroKorg)
An improvisational song written and recorded on-the-fly to a digital 4-track