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NIMBYism has ruined the spirit of this country. Fundamentally, we’re doers - and we don’t really “do” anymore. Where’s the enormous Austin subway system? The ”p

• toomuchtodo 4y ago
  Fundementally, we’re no longer doers in aggregate. We’re a theater act, pretending to be dynamic and capable, when in actually we’re two broad groups: people who want some form of change and a combination of the very wealthy, NIMBYs, and landowners, who skew older and are comfortable with the status quo, who you can only apply pressure through policy and action until they age out (California overriding local zoning and various counties ignoring nimbys wanting to ban solar and wind projects). With my apologies to Max Planck, “A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.” Similar situation. Upzoning will happen, renewables will happen, overall change will happen, you’ll just have to deal with the wail of the opposition for the duration. 1.8 million citizens over the age of 55 die every year; progress is a function of the death rate. Onward!