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>Best case, it also creates effective pressure for extra terrestrial colonization, pluralizing our egg baskets. NIMBY could fuel human exploitation of the solar
by SQueeeeeL 5y ago
>Best case, it also creates effective pressure for extra terrestrial colonization, pluralizing our egg baskets. NIMBY could fuel human exploitation of the solar system.
I feel like this glamorizes the issue and makes the fundamental fact that we aren't respecting the humanity of those around us RIGHT NOW seem like it's all part of a grand "plan". Versus the more obvious fact that the society we currently have created is suboptimal and must be corrected
- api 5y ago> NIMBY could fuel human exploitation of the solar system. Then it just becomes NIMB: Not In My Biosphere.
- hirundo 5y agoCorrecting whatever is suboptimal needs to be done in the context of the larger forces. E.g., if you're being carried away from shore by a rip tide it's useful to have enough theory to understand that you should swim parallel to the shore rather than straight in. In the same sense, to address homelessness effectively we need to be aware of the larger economic incentives. Rent control is a notorious example.
- mullingitover 5y agoI'm not convinced that rent control is really a factor in either direction. Los Angeles and San Francisco have had rent control for a very long time, and they have sky-high homeless popuations. Oregon banned rent control in the state constitution, and Portland has a huge homeless population. The common thread in all these cities is a war on developers, and it certainly looks like a large homeless population is what you get for winning that war.