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> Yes, but for what price? How can you be this short sighted. How is a dead world in exchange for a few decades of obscene comfort worth while in the slightest
by MSFT_Edging 4y ago
> Yes, but for what price?
How can you be this short sighted. How is a dead world in exchange for a few decades of obscene comfort worth while in the slightest?
How can someone honestly say "what about the economy!" when we will be seeing droughts, storms, heatwaves, etc that will cripple said precious economy while sending the quality of life down the gutter?
Was all the plastic treats worth it? Were the wars waged all over the world worth it for the "economy"? Sure you got to structure your entire society around little moving couches and lived in absolute comfort while the lowest were ground down by your little economy.
We have optimized out all that makes us Human for the sake of this god damn ponzie scheme. We outsource child care to afford dignity, outsource art to computers so we can sell trinkets for our bosses more efficiently. We built walled gardens on every block, destroying any kind of commons for shared experience so that each and every person has to buy into silly little monetization devices to even get to know others in their community.
Absolutely inhuman.
- nerdponx 4y agoSome people do actually seem to be that shortsighted. looking at peoples life and financial decisions, sometimes I get the sense that people have a hard time planning more than five years ahead, let alone for the next generation. that, and people have a strong tendency to engage in wishful thinking and generally underestimating the probability of unpleasant outcomes that could result from their own actions.