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> Ok, Bitcoin bad. What about video games? Netflix? Porn? Yes, they're all bad. Markets are no substitute for morality. And if the market properly accounted fo
by realreality 3y ago
> Ok, Bitcoin bad. What about video games? Netflix? Porn?
Yes, they're all bad. Markets are no substitute for morality. And if the market properly accounted for environmental damage, all of those uses of energy would be priced out of existence.
- SeanAnderson 3y agoI don't think you're going to make many friends arguing that all electronic recreational activities are bad.
- realreality 3y agoI know. Addicts don’t like to hear about how destructive their addictions are. Our society is addicted to energy.
- DaSHacka 3y agoThere's some irony to posting this on a website, run on a server powered by significant amounts of electricity, by a device operating on electricity, communicating with other electric devices via electricity to reach the destination. Are you included in this group of addicts?
- realreality 3y ago> There's some irony to posting this on a website... I try to use this medium to share a perspective that addicts wouldn't ordinarily encounter. It's probably not very effective, since the addiction runs so deep.