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By walking just one day a year than taking my car, I can offset the electricity consumed by my laptop. You do have a point though. You make a difference where

by nojvek 10y ago

By walking just one day a year than taking my car, I can offset the electricity consumed by my laptop. You do have a point though. You make a difference where you can.

pharrington 10y ago
The problem is that despite how good it feels, individuals simply optimizing their individual activity does not scale to the societal scope. Post-agrarian humans literally behave and think via shared infrastructure. The only way individuals can make lasting improvements to society is to improve the infrastructure.
- Rapzid 10y ago
  Individuals changing their behaviour can lead to societal change though.
  - pharrington 10y ago
    Yes, but you are talking about contingencies. Optimism over dice rolls cannot excuse wasteful systems.
    - Rapzid 10y ago
      I'm talking about how nearly all progressive progress progresses. It swells up from individuals.
      - TeMPOraL 10y ago
        Does it? Or maybe those individual pop up and do their progressive thing only when existing infrastructure and technological landscape lets them do that?