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Exactly, and this is just pragmatism at work. Sometimes I think people who blindly continue their enviro-rituals are somehow worshipping — it’s more about what
by TimTheTinker 6y ago
Exactly, and this is just pragmatism at work.
Sometimes I think people who blindly continue their enviro-rituals are somehow worshipping — it’s more about what it costs them than how much it actually moves the needle.
Caring for the environment is not a religion, and the earth is not a god who demands sacrifice. But it is a precious resource worth protecting.
- hnracer 6y agoPragmatism is a weak point of the left leaning personality (that's why many are in the arts), in the same way that low openness to experience is a weakness of the right leaning personality (that's why many work traditional administrative jobs). Jonathan Haidt brings up another reason for this. On the left and right certain things become sacred and must be treated with purity. On the left, the environment is one of the examples he talks about, so pragmatic solutions get thrown out because they're impure. This is of course a generalization but it does capture some truth.