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I think I prefer the three permaculture ethical principles. They are much more condensed, more broadly applicable to any technology at any tech level, and much
by hosh 6y ago
I think I prefer the three permaculture ethical principles. They are much more condensed, more broadly applicable to any technology at any tech level, and much more holistic. These are:
1. Care of Earth
2. Care of People
3. Fair Share
They can be applied to technology as part of the whole ecology, not just human-centric. It puts life and death in the proper context of the whole, rather than the way modernity had twisted it up.
- qayxc 6y agoCaring about ecology is very much human-centric. Neither the planet nor its biological inhabitants "care" about anything. They just are (as in they exist). The main driver for protecting the ecosystem is the fact that we - as a species - can't survive (for long) without it. Granted, there are some who strongly believe that becoming a race of cave dwelling mole people or inhabitants of glorified snow globes in an inhospitable barren wasteland is a desirable prospect somehow. But overall humans prefer blue skies, green meadows, birdsong, trees, and diverse natural landscapes.
- hosh 6y agoCare about the ecology is not just about the environment as if it were something separate, or abstracted. There is a very practical, pragmatic reason not to sh$t where you eat. At least, not without composting with charcoal, or using one of those ecovats to clean it first, before feeding it back to the garden. As far as whether the planet or biology “care”, we will have to disagree and leave it at that. While I think the word “care” is overloaded with a number of meanings, many are human-centric, I do have beliefs that there is a planetary and plant intelligence. I don’t think the Universe is as uncaring as you think, though there are many, many unpleasant things.