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Isn't this what most of the world is saying to environmental activists who argue that we should go back to pre-industrial levels of production to "save the Eart
by falcor84 3y ago
Isn't this what most of the world is saying to environmental activists who argue that we should go back to pre-industrial levels of production to "save the Earth"?
I for one think that indeed there are many cases like this where the only feasible way out is forward. The film GATTACA expressed this very human sentiment well:
> You want to know how I did it? This is how I did it, Anton: I never saved anything for the swim back.
- Snow_Falls 3y agoWhich environmental activists are saying that? That's a pretty specific claim.
- falcor84 3y agoThankfully not that many these days, but it was a core element of Ted Kaczynski's (The Unabomber) manifesto: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Society_and_Its_Future https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Society_and_Its_Fut...