It's hard to enjoy the beauty of Earth if you're poor, destitute, and only see worsening economic prospects. Innovations like fusion and asteroid mining would

It's hard to enjoy the beauty of Earth if you're poor, destitute, and only see worsening economic prospects. Innovations like fusion and asteroid mining would arguably do far more to preserve the environment than degrowth. People generally don't accept declining standards of living lightly. The Germans turned to Hitler and Nazism after a decade of hyperinflation and economic depression. I also sense a certain level of hypocrisy to complain about technological baubles when you're on Hacker News. We all enjoy the benefits of modern technology in a myriad of ways like transportation, medicine, abundant food, fruit any time of year, etc.