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With climate change, it seems like poor people will die faster from 'climate poverty.' Science clearly points to human-caused greenhouse gas emissions driving c
by jdw64 29d ago
With climate change, it seems like poor people will die faster from 'climate poverty.' Science clearly points to human-caused greenhouse gas emissions driving climate change, but certain groups frame it as just another natural cycle of the Earth.
When I was younger, I learned that science was something pure. But as I've grown older, it seems like science is really about how it's used—and who gets to use it.
- oliculipolicula 29d agohttps://philofecon.substack.com/p/notes-towards-a-definition-of-scientism https://philofecon.substack.com/p/notes-towards-a-definition... https://publish.uwo.ca/~jbell/univ.pdf https://publish.uwo.ca/~jbell/univ.pdf Otoh I think Grothendieck's point would be stronger today if his tribe of scientists are expanded or even replaced by "programmers" Fossil fuelled Data Centers might soon surpass shipping as CO2 producer, given that shipping might even be peaking Hackerism as the New Universal Church? Then you can hope to go to a (emotionally) warm place on Sunday, everyday Where the categorical imperative would be: if people want it, build it..
- jdw64 29d agoThe truth is, the more a developed country is positioned at the consumer end, the more inescapable these problems become in our lives. Our world relies on outsourcing the production of manufactured and consumer goods to developing nations. But separate from that structural reality, vested interests refusing to acknowledge their faults is an entirely different issue. Furthermore, I disagree with the radical ecological claims in the link. Humans might be developing technology that ends up destroying the public commons we call nature. However, I firmly believe there must be a better path to coexistence.
- olalonde 29d agoGreenhouse gas emissions also coincide with the greatest poverty reduction period in human history. Climate science is pretty close to a "pure" hard science. What's not pure are the sloppy geopolitical and socio-economic predictions built on top of it.
- goatlover 29d agoDo Greenhouse gases also coincide with the greatest poverty production prior to that? The human population exploded after the industrial revolution.