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Believe it or not all human beings care about the environment they live in, and I imagine most west coast Silicon Valley billionaires wouldn’t actually like to

by zpeti 6y ago

Believe it or not all human beings care about the environment they live in, and I imagine most west coast Silicon Valley billionaires wouldn’t actually like to move in the case of flooding or wild fires “just because they’re rich”. Also - most humans once they reach a basic level of food, shelter, actually start caring a lot about their local environment. It’s mostly poverty that puts you in a desperate situation where you don’t care about what you destroy to get food or shelter. But just look around, who generally around you are the most vocal environmentalist. For me it’s pretty wealthy people.

markvdb 6y ago
> Believe it or not all human beings care about the environment they live in Most sociopaths and psychopaths will only care about their lifetime. They tend to drift to the top of social hierarchy [0][1][2], and exert disproportionate influence from there. Climate change and leadership by older psycho/sociopaths are a particularly poisonous combination. Climate change is long term, but the sociopath's goal horizon shrinks with age. A 75 years old sociopath couldn't care less about ten years ahead, because it doesn't concern her personally. "Après nous le déluge!", a famous French saying, captures it fairly well. Rough meaning: "We'll be gone before the biblical downpour starts." We can't keep psychopaths or sociopaths from the top of the social ladder. That's human nature. We might however succeed at blocking _all_ very old people from certain top spots on the social ladder. On the issue of climate change, I think we should try, because their personal interests are impossible to align with the general public's. Have a look at the professional opinion of several prominent psychologists on the mental health of the current US president [3][4][5]. Then look at the net negative effect of his climate policies. [0] https://doi.org/10.1002/bsl.925 https://doi.org/10.1002/bsl.925 [1] https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27188-6 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27188-6 [2] https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.365 https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.365 [3] https://www.salon.com/2019/03/04/harvard-psychiatrist-donald-trumps-actions-are-signs-of-a-severe-continuous-mental-disturbance_partner/ https://www.salon.com/2019/03/04/harvard-psychiatrist-donald... [4] https://www.newsweek.com/trump-harvard-psychologist-turkey-economy-tweet-mental-health-hold-1463884 https://www.newsweek.com/trump-harvard-psychologist-turkey-e... [5] https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-sociopath-mental-health-harvard-psychiatry-professor-1468441 https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-sociopath-mental-healt...

by zpeti 6y ago

markvdb 6y ago

> Believe it or not all human beings care about the environment they live in Most sociopaths and psychopaths will only care about their lifetime. They tend to drift to the top of social hierarchy [0][1][2], and exert disproportionate influence from there. Climate change and leadership by older psycho/sociopaths are a particularly poisonous combination. Climate change is long term, but the sociopath's goal horizon shrinks with age. A 75 years old sociopath couldn't care less about ten years ahead, because it doesn't concern her personally. "Après nous le déluge!", a famous French saying, captures it fairly well. Rough meaning: "We'll be gone before the biblical downpour starts." We can't keep psychopaths or sociopaths from the top of the social ladder. That's human nature. We might however succeed at blocking _all_ very old people from certain top spots on the social ladder. On the issue of climate change, I think we should try, because their personal interests are impossible to align with the general public's. Have a look at the professional opinion of several prominent psychologists on the mental health of the current US president [3][4][5]. Then look at the net negative effect of his climate policies. [0] https://doi.org/10.1002/bsl.925 https://doi.org/10.1002/bsl.925 [1] https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27188-6 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27188-6 [2] https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.365 https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.365 [3] https://www.salon.com/2019/03/04/harvard-psychiatrist-donald-trumps-actions-are-signs-of-a-severe-continuous-mental-disturbance_partner/ https://www.salon.com/2019/03/04/harvard-psychiatrist-donald... [4] https://www.newsweek.com/trump-harvard-psychologist-turkey-economy-tweet-mental-health-hold-1463884 https://www.newsweek.com/trump-harvard-psychologist-turkey-e... [5] https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-sociopath-mental-health-harvard-psychiatry-professor-1468441 https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-sociopath-mental-healt...