Sustainability in the future world offers an image of a convenient, high-quality life characterized by AI-managed healthcare systems, automated agricultural plants. However, this image is starkly different for economies struggling with the "Great Compute Divide" (Ahmed et al., 2023)—a barrier built by expensive computer chips and the high energy costs required to supply modern technology. The paradox is therefore clear: technology can help solve global environmental and socia

Aviation is widely perceived as a purely technical discipline focusing on aircraft operation and transportation services. However, personal flight training and research on civil aviation technological optimization reveal that airspace governance is deeply embedded in global geopolitical and geoeconomic interactions. Guided by the Chicago Convention (ICAO, 1944) and foundational geoeconomic theories (Strange, 1988), this paper argues that aviation development is constrained no

In January 2026, the regional government of Yangjiang, Guangdong passed a policy to clean upaquaculture facilities in the waters of the Dongping Fishing Port.This port was designated to be a prohibited zone for aquaculture. The coast of Guangdong had long hosted mass aquaculture before then. Such a policy altered the lives of numerous households living in Dongping, forcing them to abandon jobs they have been practicing for the past 30 years. Part One: The Rise of Aquaculture