Unpopular opinion: people in the tech industry fly too much.
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So before I did SaaS I worked with a team doing economic forecasts around climate change. Two things to consider: 1/ you literally cannot make a dent in climate with any kind of self-abstention campaign (eg not flying, eating meat, driving). None of it matter w/o policy changes
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I agree: we need policy changes. But not doing anything personally is abdicating responsibility. It’s defeatism: “well, if the USA and China won’t do anything about it we’re fucked anyway!”
@Shopify and@stripe are both leading decarbonizing campaigns. We can lead here too.1 odpowiedź 0 podanych dalej 6 polubionych -
W odpowiedzi do @mijustin @tylertringas
Nah, his point is that you are literally unable to make any impact on the problem by this method. Whether you do or don't makes no difference. Your effort and time would be better spent on something that will actually have an impact.
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Justin Jackson podał/a dalej Noah Smith 🐇
It’s “both, and..” We need to get our own house in order. AND, we need to be engaging in more conversations with China and India, and putting pressure on them to decarbonize. https://twitter.com/noahpinion/status/1051676756933894144?s=21 …https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1051676756933894144 …
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W odpowiedzi do @mijustin @tylertringas
Those things are very different than "we should take less plane trips." Those aren't in the realm of "personality responsibility."
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There are wide-sweeping policy changes we could make here, similar to what they’re proposing in the UK. “Each citizen would be allowed one tax-free flight per year but would pay progressively higher taxes on each additional flight taken.” https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/sep/25/1-of-english-residents-take-one-fifth-of-overseas-flights-survey-shows …
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W odpowiedzi do @mijustin @tylertringas
Is there any evidence such a measure would actually change things, though? Sounds like more of the same "but personal responsibility!" FTA: "... the people responsible for most of the problem ..." - 559,800 people on planes certainly didn't cause global warming
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Another way to do it would be to charge the airline industry for all their externalities. That would be the true “free market” approach. And then, there’s no “personal responsibility” angle.
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