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The mind boggles at the amount of resources spent on trying to distinguish stuff dug out from the ground from stuff made in a lab, and "educating" people in thi
by arghwhat 4y ago
The mind boggles at the amount of resources spent on trying to distinguish stuff dug out from the ground from stuff made in a lab, and "educating" people in this process.
It is such a shame when a person's shiny rock is ever so slightly shinier than those that cost lives to dig out of dirt.
- HPsquared 4y agoIt's just self-interest, really. The PR submarine in action.
- ansible 4y agoIf you take a long hard look at the overall economy, well, we waste a lot of time and energy on frivolous things. All in the name of supposedly making ourselves feel better. Which of those are actually important, and which of those are not? Who is to judge? Some people will only be happy riding actual jet skis, where others will be happy riding one in a video game, which uses comparatively fewer resources. Should we outlaw or more severely regulate actual jet skis? Ditto for other activities (horse riding vs Red Dead Redemption 2 or Breath of the Wild). Just for the record, I'd like to see everyone getting out there in the real world riding bicycles... but I'm not prepared to legislate that as the preferred outdoor activity. And the same argument can be made for lots of things, from suborbital launches to gigantic art projects, to suburban cities vs. high-density walkable cities. We could actually raise up everyone's living standards and have them all work less hours per week with some attitude adjustment, commonsense regulations and reorienting of our national priorities. I don't know when that's going to happen though.