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So on the one hand I'm meant to buy into some fully connected global future, on the other the only way I make real progress is concentrating all my resources in
by tudorw 9y ago
So on the one hand I'm meant to buy into some fully connected global future, on the other the only way I make real progress is concentrating all my resources into a small amount of territory to maximise productivity.
- leggomylibro 9y agoYes. It's a global network of these dense dots, each specializing in different thing, each exporting their specialties at prices that more bespoke or small-volume producers cannot even approach, and each producing different types of negative externalities for their local environment. You might be facing higher rent, but at least you're not facing cadmium mining runoff in the water, or lead in the water, or acid rain. Probably.
- tudorw 9y agoWhen you put it that way, let's green light some tower blocks for the bay area right away, rack and stack...
- leggomylibro 9y agoYou certainly don't have to. Just don't expect to reap the collective benefits of a system that you don't participate in or share the burden of.
- tudorw 9y agono system is isolated though, so if one system benefits at the cost of another who should collect the benefits ?