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> But growing more food on less land might be a good thing. Not if it costs us our humanity. The mistreatment of animals we eat/farm is astonishing. Maximizin
by Pfhreak 8y ago
> But growing more food on less land might be a good thing.
Not if it costs us our humanity. The mistreatment of animals we eat/farm is astonishing.
Maximizing efficiency isn't always the best metric to try and optimize for, it leads to some really warped places.
(Interesting side note, Tolkien wrote about this a bunch -- Sauron was originally a forge/craftsman god who just really wanted to make things more efficient. His downfall was that he overly liked coordination and disliked wasteful friction.)
- Ntrails 8y ago> Not if it costs us our humanity. The mistreatment of animals we eat/farm is astonishing. "Humanity" not a universally accepted constant. Being "Humane" means largely arbitrary things depending on culture. I'm not sure I accept that your apparent definition of humanity meaningfully exists on a global scale so I'm far from worried about losing it.
- Pfhreak 8y agoGood call. Ethics and morality are pursuits for chumps. rolls eyes
- specialist 8y agoHow about we defend American norms on American soil?
- gerbilly 8y agoYeah, so let's race to the bottom and make sure we treat each other, animals and nature as bad as we can because it's all just relative...
- ghostbrainalpha 8y agoSo productivity....leads to evil. I'm going to let my boss know about this right now. And I'm turning off SLACK!