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Jordan Peterson used this guy as an example of someone that is truly committed to environmentalism, as compared to the typical clueless feel-good armchair activ

• themodelplumber 8y ago
  Peterson has a force/action bias by his psychology, so the criticism (apart from being an apparent straw man which doesn't help matters, though it doesn't look like you're quoting him directly) needs to be taken with a grain of salt. Keep in mind that much of what Peterson himself does is take an armchair approach. That is fine, but it means he will tend to swing broadly between "critique" and "action" as two possible alternatives.
• xingped 8y ago
  I think that might be a little unfair to most people that care about the environment. A lot of this is coming up with a feasible idea that you or someone you know can execute on. Would I or most people be able to come up with this idea? Myself definitely not and most people probably not. If I were to have the domain knowledge to be able to come up with this idea and understand how to execute upon it, then would I pursue it? Most likely. I think a lot of people want to do something, but coming up with the right ideas and knowledge to be useful is a totally different story.
  • yakshaving_jgt 8y ago
    Is the idea all that impressive? Is it not essentially just a big floating wall? To me, the impressive thing is that the young guy has actually put this in motion. In business, we say ideas are worthless and it's all in execution. I think the same principle applies here.