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People can make long term plans and execute them, but the systems that control the levers related to climate change are operated by people who don't habitually
by r14c 3y ago
People can make long term plans and execute them, but the systems that control the levers related to climate change are operated by people who don't habitually operate based on long term planning. Calling it "human nature" is a cop-out.
- dpe82 3y agoFor themsleves? Some people can, sometimes. For the commons? If humans were so naturally inclined we wouldn't be having this conversation. Blaming the problem on "people who don't habitually operate based on long term planning" is a likewise a cop-out while also kinda arguing my point.
- r14c 3y agoI think there's a certain cultural movement that has been propagated violently across the world that rewards and requires such behavior. there are many enduring cultural traditions that teach patience and long term planning. "human nature" is complex, we naturally can do both honestly.