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Historically, "contributing to society" meant directly or indirectly contributing to resource extraction. Now that we are coming to understand that model is not
by yummypaint 3y ago
Historically, "contributing to society" meant directly or indirectly contributing to resource extraction. Now that we are coming to understand that model is not sustainable, perhaps we should re-think what it means to contribute to society. I could see an argument that people who constantly fly internationally are more of a net harm than people who don't, for instance.
- pdonis 3y ago> Historically, "contributing to society" meant directly or indirectly contributing to resource extraction. No, it meant contributing to production of goods and services. Some amount of "resource extraction" is necessary for that, but historically, the amount of production for a given amount of resources has increased dramatically, so we get far more value out of the same resources.