The other big reason is that we’re overdue for a major tech upgrade to out energy/material systems anyway. There’s other reasons to want the transition, like 10xing abundance. Using bits to create a lot more bang per joule or gram of earth resources.
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But perhaps the most important reason is that it’s an interesting way to continue the civilization game. We’ve literally played through the Industrial Age level and it is just boring now. A post-transition game level would be new, fun, have lots of new gameplay.
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This is why I dislike “sustainability” frames. That’s just budgeting energy/matter to continue this level of the game indefinitely. It’s like if the only video games available were computerized board games. Sustainability is like computerizing chess. I’d like Tetris invented.
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It’s a bullshit argument, but not one I’ll attempt to debunk in Twitter. And we’re transitioning so slowly anyway, “too fast” is a ridiculous concern.
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I've heard that logical position before, but I wonder if pollution should be of a much higher concern as it's physically proven to shorten lifespans right now, rather than tackling the uncertainties of a global climate.
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Pollution is terrible, but LT development of wind, hydro and even solar reduces most air pollutants. Much moreso than burning coal, which is what most of the growth in developing nation’s is still based on. I would also upgrade from life expectancy to QOL / freedom from pain.
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What can we do individually to take action? I’ve been brainstorming ways; call/donate to Congressional causes, recycle, spread the word, what are we missing?
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Large-scale change will only happen if gvmts take climate change seriously, start regulating externalities and imposing standards on industries. I don't have a lot of hope that will happen in time tbh, but that's the only vector that has been effective (see Montreal Protocol.)
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By Pascal's wager thinking you mean expected value thinking :). Pascal's wager is not a good form of argument - you can justify totally insane things
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I mean what I said
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