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Consider for a second that we aren't making lots of incremental improvements though. We're making negligible improvements that are highly visible for marketing
by hueving 8y ago
Consider for a second that we aren't making lots of incremental improvements though. We're making negligible improvements that are highly visible for marketing and feel good reasons. This is even worse than doing nothing at all because the people that would actually make sacrifices to help are placated by these charades.
This is just like the table water ban.
"Meaningful change is hard, let's max out virtue signaling points instead."
- 9935c101ab17a66 8y agoThis is a really well-written rebuttal to the "straws are destroying the planet" narrative in general.
- specialist 8y agoEvery journey begins with the first step. Imagine the competitive advantage Lego will have once they develop this new source of material. You've heard of Moore's Law, ya? Like Einstein said, the most powerful force in the world is compound interest. Same thing.
- hueving 8y agoMoore's law (or the exponential effect in general) hasn't applied to any other modern fields (last 200 years) and had finally failed in semiconductors. It's not an actual law, it's just an observation of a manufacturing system benefiting from its own gains. So unless Lego's output costs cut in half with a reduction in co2 production, there won't be anything like a moores law effect.
- specialist 8y ago"or the exponential effect in general" Uh huh. No progress, no innovation. So this is irrelevant too: Metcalfe's Law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalfe's_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalfe's_law "costs cut in half" Uh huh. We'll never have carbon taxes either.