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Is anyone else worried about this race to the bottom? What the price our earth is paying for these services? And our communities? We talk about getting a fair g
by weq 7y ago
Is anyone else worried about this race to the bottom? What the price our earth is paying for these services? And our communities? We talk about getting a fair go, yet actively idolise big-tech which is obliterating the low income jobs and widing the class divide with marketing tactics.
The only thing i hear people talking about in this thread is _their_ bottom line. Not a single person considering the social and evironmental implications of their choices?
Seems like tech is creating a bigger disconnect between reality and everyday lives. The corner shop run by a local family has morphed into some sick youtube family dream where toddlers unwrap consumables and hundreds of thousands of people become envious, pickup their phone, click some buttons, and are soon greated by a person at the door delivering them a token that makes them feel more apart of society.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Society_of_the_Spectacle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Society_of_the_Spectacle
- jimmaswell 7y agoEither you drive to Wal Mart and pick the stuff up, or an employee delivers them to you, potentially making multiple deliveries in the same trip. Replacing pickup with delivery is carbon neutral at worst, assuming your vehicles are equally efficient. Likely the delivery vehicle was chosen for efficiency so it's better anyway.
- megaremote 7y agoThese are not the only two options.
- NotSammyHagar 7y agoI don't see another option (grow my own food, I live in a city?), can you elaborate?