alt Hacker NewsHow do you propose to convince people to get those externalities accounted without emotions? How do you convince people of the value of externalities that are far away in place or time (but not less real)?
How do you propose to convince people to get those externalities accounted without emotions? How do you convince people of the value of externalities that are far away in place or time (but not less real)?
The idea that you would be worried about how many electrons you use and it's relationship to climate change is on its face kind of ridiculous.
It's like worrying about how many times you personally ordered Chinese food affects the price of Diesel fuel in India. It's an absurd leap of logic, and the parent is right to call out these arguments which are almost always emotional.