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You're asking for global human behavior changes. Does that seem realistic?
by shdh 2y ago
You're asking for global human behavior changes. Does that seem realistic?
- PradeetPatel 2y agoWith sufficient education, awareness, and incentives. I don't see why not. There's already a massive shift in the hospitality industry with paper straws and bio-decompositable cutlery, saving the world from a tremendous amount of plastic.
- hawski 2y agoI would think that education and awareness could work for another generation, though them being bombarded with a popular social media image of life it may be hard. Incentives work to some extent (the biggest being a cost of doing the good thing being lower enough than doing the bad thing), but if you will make costs of doing bad things artificially bigger (I know, it is about things the society currently thinks as free) you risk populists getting to power.
- johnchristopher 2y ago> You're asking for global human behavior changes. Does that seem realistic? https://www.lung.org/research/trends-in-lung-disease/tobacco-trends-brief/overall-smoking-trends#:~:text=Long%20term%2C%20smoking%20rates%20have,1965%20to%2011.6%25%20in%202022 https://www.lung.org/research/trends-in-lung-disease/tobacco.... Long term, smoking rates have fallen 73% among adults, from 42.6% in 1965 to 11.6% in 2022. Over the last five years, smoking rates have fallen 17% among adults, from 14.0% in 2017.
- t0bia_s 2y agoYou forget that doctors recommend smoking as safe in tabacco advertising back in 40's. https://tobacco.stanford.edu/cigarettes/doctors-smoking/more-doctors-smoke-camels/ https://tobacco.stanford.edu/cigarettes/doctors-smoking/more...
- johnchristopher 2y agoCould you elaborate on why it's relevant (or missing) ? I can think of different but opposite reasons and I can't tell if your comment is a rebuttal or in support.
- t0bia_s 2y agoYou replied on global human behavior change. I just added a piece of puzzle that shows, how implying global human behavior changes are driven by lobby.
- johnchristopher 2y agoAh, I see. Yes, there needs to be a strong influence (lobbies, advertising, governments, religion, cultural leaders, etc.).
- t0bia_s 2y agoAnd lies.
- CalRobert 2y agoSure, we effected major changes by making it illegal to build homes next to jobs so re-legalising that should make a big difference.