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I disagree. I think that partial solutions (or, in cases I listed above, anti-solutions) steal the enthusiasm from real solutions. Giving people the ego-boost a
by tomp 6y ago
I disagree. I think that partial solutions (or, in cases I listed above, anti-solutions) steal the enthusiasm from real solutions. Giving people the ego-boost and emotional satisfaction of solving the problem, but actually making it worse.
- lovemenot 6y agoPerhaps we can agree to disagree without being derogatory to each other. You will continue to see things in black and white "the problem", "real solutions". I will continue to see a mosaic of overlapping issues.
- tomp 6y agoSorry, no disrespect meant to you personally. I just ridicule and disrespect bad ideas.
- lovemenot 6y agoAlright. But please be aware that it is possible to chill discussion through stridency. I don't believe this applies only to me.
- coverj 6y agothe ideas aren't bad though, you just don't agree with them. Banning meat isn't something I would get on board with but it would probably be effective. There's been a lot of discussion lately on HN about nuclear and I can actually see both sides of the debate. Plastic straws I think you have actually just strawmanned environmentalists here as I've never seen plastic straws mentioned as a solution or contributor to global warming.