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A less easy fix, but one that's better for everyone is that we all just stop buying mountains and mountains of absolutely useless plastic and digital crap. Sur
by nonrandomstring 3y ago
A less easy fix, but one that's better for everyone is that we all
just stop buying mountains and mountains of absolutely useless plastic
and digital crap.
Sure we need lots of human labour to keep the world going round, but
dealing with the obscenity of consumerism is where a better world
begins.
These are the results [0], a kind of misery and 'poverty' (an
'affluenza') caused by unchecked material indulgence.
Surely we can address this culturally on the demand side?
[0] https://cheapskatesguide.org/articles/techno-clutter-farnell.html https://cheapskatesguide.org/articles/techno-clutter-farnell...
- BigFnTelly 3y agoGreat read. I'm glad that the author stressed how systemic tech addiction is, and not a moral failure of the individual. It's only slightly ironic that he asked for readers to plug his article on social media, but the word needs getting out.