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> Are you arguing that the only acceptable way to live life is to remain focused on everything that is going wrong, at all times? If my car is about to go off

> Are you arguing that the only acceptable way to live life is to remain focused on everything that is going wrong, at all times? If my car is about to go off of a cliff I am not going to be happy about all the blueberries I just bought at the supermarket. You are not giving the appropriate weight to these things. > But more glaringly, how does one achieve any level of satisfaction in life if all they do is ignore everything good? There is plenty I find good, non of which was included in that article. It was fully materialistic but for the parents spending more time with their kids which I do not see as a positive. And his "carbon release vs carbon graph" is just pure useless crap. The satisfaction I get in life is by trying to fix big problems. It is not nihilist, it is hopeful. A nihilist eats blueberries while the world is burning.

haswell 4y ago
Eating blueberries and watching the world burn are not inherently bound to each other. Put another way, it is possible to enjoy blueberries while working to solve big problems. Going a step further, intentionally avoiding blueberries (assuming you enjoy blueberries and they are sustainable) seems like actively/unnecessarily squandering an opportunity to enjoy life. Progress and enjoying life are not mutually exclusive. To suggest that they are is a good way to scare people away from the former, or conclude it’s not worthwhile. Editing to add: In all of the focus on blueberries, the broader point was lost - that we have better access to fruits/vegetables than we've had in the past. This is a big deal, and has a major impact on health. This does not reduce the importance or severity of climate change, and does raise questions about how sustainable that easy access is.