erryone be talking about global warming but no one actually wants to do anything that would actually solve it like geoengineering or mass nuclear. theyre just aesthetic primitivistshttps://twitter.com/robinhanson/status/1426185570594689029 …
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"global warming is going to kill us all" "ok lets geoengineer that shit" "blllllllluuuuhhhh but that doesnt sound safe" you see the issue with this line of reasoning right
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no one actually cares about global warming as a problem to be solved. its just intense virtue signalling of the worst kind in the sense of appearing to care about a problem is everything and resolving it is nothing carbon taxes? great solution. And Yethttps://www.vox.com/2016/10/18/13012394/i-732-carbon-tax-washington …
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Replying to @ollyrobot
I watched this happen up close
@klejnot was actually pretty involved with trying to get it on the ballot anyway if I seem disproportionately upset with activist groups this is what they're like where I live. I got pretty bent out of shape by this thing specifically. :/2 replies 0 retweets 9 likes -
Replying to @eigenrobot @ollyrobot
Ugh yeah, thanks for remembering! It was so frustrating.
BTW i probably told you this but there were econ profs who wouldn't sign the petition, even though carbon taxes are generally taught as optimal policy. So yeah.... IDK most people just suck.1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
I think econ is dying as a profession. maybe there will be a revival someday but :/
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