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Actually, for many, walking more would create value. Underwalking creates a large societal cost in health care, climate change, and more. I would pay people to
by zeckalpha 11y ago
Actually, for many, walking more would create value. Underwalking creates a large societal cost in health care, climate change, and more. I would pay people to walk more.
- wpietri 11y agoWaste reduction isn't the same thing as value creation. Even focusing on the waste reduction, whether walking decreases a person's health costs or their climate impact depends a lot on the person. I've seen reasonable claims that a person fueled with beef is, from an ecological perspective, better off driving than walking in that beef production causes more ecological damage. And the mentioned Africans already walking a few miles per day certainly won't see an increased health benefit from merely tracking that, and still probably wouldn't if they decided to walk more. But even if they were on average reducing societal waste, that's extremely hard to monetize. If you'd really like to pay people to walk more, you're welcome to start with me! But even if you were game, I suspect the supply of individually contributed walking-incentive dollars is way lower than the demand.