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> technology is not going to save us, real or imaginary. We have to change our behavior. We could use technology to change behavior and I think there is still
by tomtomistaken 2y ago
> technology is not going to save us, real or imaginary. We have to change our behavior.
We could use technology to change behavior and I think there is still a lot of room for creative technological solutions.
For example, incentivizing climate-friendly behavior and local activism by rewarding people, locals, who reduce CO2/NO2 emissions using satellite measurements and digital currencies.
- dave4420 2y agoThat’s not a technological solution though: it’s someone throwing money at the problem (to provide “incentives”). It’s a donor-led solution?
- tomtomistaken 2y agoMore like a negative tax *or UBI based on satellite technology.
- vixen99 2y agoTry that with the billions of folk in what we still call the developing world. 'Rewarding them' sounds a bit patronizing.
- tomtomistaken 2y agoIts a tax, a pretty standard thing to do. I would say that people from southern countries would benefit even more.
- red-iron-pine 2y ago"white colonial powers are yet again telling India / China / Africa / Latin America what do to" is exactly how that has gone over in the past, with things like credits, and how it'll go over with this 'tax'.
- tomtomistaken 2y agoOkay, yeah, and now you speak for them? Call it UBI then. Nothing attached, nobody tells anyone what to do lol. Edit: grammar. Also, we should get rid of the pollution problem, world wide. To say this is patronizing towards the global south is exactly what the fossil industry would say.