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Which obviously won't rescue you from the negative consequences of everyone around you choosing to pump combusted fossil fuels into the air you breathe. All the
by ethanbond 3y ago
Which obviously won't rescue you from the negative consequences of everyone around you choosing to pump combusted fossil fuels into the air you breathe. All the same costs and none of the benefits: what a pitch!
- FredPret 3y agoAh, so we ALL have to go back to the caves with you, for your sake. Got it.
- ethanbond 3y agoWell, no, not me. I didn't make that argument to begin with, I was just pointing out how nonsensical your counterargument was. Yeah, if mass production and mass consumption is causing the problem, distributed across the commons, then it's pretty obvious that an individual choosing to "opt out" isn't going to solve the problem.
- FredPret 3y agoParent wanted to be "closer to nature", my solution would work perfectly for him. By the way, as creatures that evolved into a world already engaged in tool use and cooking on camp fires, we are fundamentally technological. That smartphone is as natural as a shrub. It's just new, that's the only difference.
- ethanbond 3y ago> the hard part of taking care of this planet is… GP’s motive is to take care of the planet (and reading between the lines: at least our ability to inhabit it comfortably, since of course the piece of rock will be just fine no matter what we do). No, age is obviously not the only difference between old technologies and new technologies. Age is the difference between an old hand axe made out of stone and a new hand axe made out of stone. The difference between an old hand axe made out of stone and an iPhone 15 goes… umm… a bit deeper.