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Climate change can't be fixed by small changes on an individual level. It requires sweeping regulations from nation states and in particular, the military (whic

• harperlee 9y ago
  Yes, but: - Climate change requires sweeping regulations. - Regulation change needs politicians that care about the issue. - Politicians care when their voters base cares. - In order to the population in general to really care, not just by mouth, their value system needs to change, so they no longer accept doing nothing. The best way for one to have impact in all that chain is to leverage it, instead of only addressing "we need sweeping regulation". To make that, one can make visible changes in his/her behaviour, and make others reevaluate how they act and value things. If we don't have a "sustainable" frame of mind on a daily basis, when confronted to what is good or bad regulation, it takes intellectual effort to recognize that we need to think long-term. If we start using sustainable mindframes, even when thinking about e.g. server resources, it will be more automatic. However, if we daily use "another will care for that, let us think about the right now" mindframes, it will be more difficult. And our modern society pushes a lot towards the "right now" way of thinking... because, on the short term, it yields more gains.