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> and presumably created infrastructure jobs Yeah. Sounds a lot like the dig-up-all-the-carbon-burn-then-bury-it-again civilizational project going on the past

by bohadi 6y ago

> and presumably created infrastructure jobs Yeah. Sounds a lot like the dig-up-all-the-carbon-burn-then-bury-it-again civilizational project going on the past 100, and next 100 years. What exactly was the purpose to "re-arranging small bits of matter near the surface of the earth" again? [1] Basically I wanted to make a comment about greedy exploitation-exploration trade-off strategies here but will stop short at this kind of eliptical passing remark. [1] paraphrasing Russell in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Praise_of_Idleness_and_Other_Essays https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Praise_of_Idleness_and_Othe... it is appropriate given current moment

imtringued 6y ago
>What exactly was the purpose to "re-arranging small bits of matter near the surface of the earth" again? From the same man that proposed the idea of "re-arranging small bits of matter near the surface of the earth". >It would, indeed, be more sensible to build houses and the like; but if there are political and practical difficulties in the way of this, the above would be better than nothing. It's a social hack to get around idiotic situations. It's like moving to mars because you are worried about a nuclear war or climate change. Dumb games require dumb players.