"Could we solve climate change if we just accepted being dramatically poorer, forever? As I’ve written before, the answer is 1) no, not really, and 2) we can also solve climate change without that, and that will be better for everyone — especially those who are already poor — so we should do that instead."
By Kelsey Piper, who is a senior writer at Future Perfect, Vox’s effective altruism-inspired section, supported by bitcoin grifters and AI scammers.
@gerrymcgovern This is a nauseating read.
@tchauhan @gerrymcgovern plentiful articles of this sort:
• they are about implicitly advocating for something (capitalism)
• they narrowly criticize an alternative (degrowth) but don't go into its full gamut
• they cite articles written the same way
Its link to food miles' irrelevance tries to belittle local consumption's 8% reduction in emissions by harping on meat consumption
The link to "happiness proportional to income" massively understates its own findings on inequality in the US
@tetrislife
Good points. Though all you need to know is the writer--even today--is proud to call themselves a "effective altruist". So, straight upfront they say: I am a grifter. I am a scammer. I am a con artist.
@tchauhan