{"id":35823,"date":"2024-07-18T14:43:09","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T14:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/idea.membrane.com\/songwriter\/?p=35823"},"modified":"2024-07-18T14:43:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T14:43:38","slug":"to-be-succinct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2024\/07\/18\/to-be-succinct\/","title":{"rendered":"To Be Succinct"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/II\/To-Be-Succinct-0.mp3\"> To-Be-Succinct-0.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/II\/To-Be-Succinct-0.mp4\"> To-Be-Succinct-0.mp4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/II\/To-Be-Succinct-I.mp3\"> To-Be-Succinct-I.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/II\/To-Be-Succinct-I.mp4\"> To-Be-Succinct-I.mp4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/II\/To-Be-Succinct-II.mp3\"> To-Be-Succinct-II.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/II\/To-Be-Succinct-II.mp4\"> To-Be-Succinct-II.mp4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/II\/To-Be-Succinct-Unpluggish.mp3\"> To-Be-Succinct-Unpluggish.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/II\/To-Be-Succinct-Unpluggish.mp4\"> To-Be-Succinct-Unpluggish.mp4<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/II\/To-Be-Succinct-acoustic.mp3\"> To-Be-Succinct-acoustic.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/multimedia\/II\/To-Be-Succinct-electric.mp3\"> To-Be-Succinct-electric.mp3<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nTo be succinct<br \/>\nWhat do you think?<br \/>\nDoes it grow on trees<br \/>\n(please)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nCan you just pluck &#8216;it&#8217; from the air<br \/>\n&#8230; and then there&#8230;<br \/>\nYou have it?<br \/>\nOr to be fair&#8230;<br \/>\nYou took it?<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nMaybe for a bit<br \/>\nWhat forthwith?<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nTo be succinct<br \/>\nWhat do you think?<br \/>\nIf you just take what you please&#8230;<br \/>\nSelf-annihilation disease<br \/>\n(oh, please)<br \/>\n[Bridge]<br \/>\nStop spreading<br \/>\nYour disease<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nCan you just wish it true (can you?)<br \/>\n&#8230; and then there&#8230;<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re through?<br \/>\nOr to be fair&#8230;<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re due?<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nMaybe for a bit<br \/>\nWhat forthwith?<br \/>\n(bad habit)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nTo be succinct<br \/>\nWhat do you think?<br \/>\nIf you just take what you please&#8230;<br \/>\nSelf-annihilation disease<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nMaybe for a bit<br \/>\nWhat forthwith?<br \/>\n(low bandwidth)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nTo be succinct<br \/>\nWhat do you think?<br \/>\nIf you just take what you please&#8230;<br \/>\nSelf-annihilation disease<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A SCIENCE NOTE<br \/>\nIn 2023, we wrote about having crossed <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/Tipping-Points.html\">tipping points<\/a> in the paper, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/How-Long-Is-Ever.html\">Climate Change: How Long Is &#8216;Ever&#8217;?<\/a>&#8220;. When we wrote the Tunnel Under Thesis in 1995, we forecast crossing these tipping points would not happen for centuries. We underestimated Man&#8217;s ignorance and arrogance. Fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions have continued to set record highs. Humans have caused chain-reactions resulting in toppled tipping points, <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/notes\/feedback-loops.html\">feedback loops<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/Domino-Effect-Tipping-Points-Toppled.html\">The Domino Effect<\/a>. <\/p>\n<h3>From the album &#8220;She&#8217;s Gonna Give!&#8221; by <a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/Daniel\/\">Daniel<\/a><\/h3>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/MegaEpix-Enormous\/\">MegaEpix Enormous<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/membrane.com\/global_warming\/\">A song about The Human Induced Climate Change Experiment<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To-Be-Succinct-0.mp3 To-Be-Succinct-0.mp4 To-Be-Succinct-I.mp3 To-Be-Succinct-I.mp4 To-Be-Succinct-II.mp3 To-Be-Succinct-II.mp4 To-Be-Succinct-Unpluggish.mp3 To-Be-Succinct-Unpluggish.mp4 To-Be-Succinct-acoustic.mp3 To-Be-Succinct-electric.mp3 [Intro] To be succinct What do you think? Does it grow on trees (please) [Verse 1] Can you just pluck &#8216;it&#8217; from the air &#8230; and then there&#8230; You have it? Or to be fair&#8230; You took it? [Bridge] Maybe for a bit What forthwith? 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