RE: Is "Be the part of the change you want to see in the world!" bullshit?
February 3, 2024 at 10:15 pm
(This post was last modified: February 3, 2024 at 10:21 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(February 2, 2024 at 4:22 pm)John 6IX Breezy Wrote: It's a game theoretic problem, something like the volunteer's dilemma. We all benefit as a group from someone doing something about climate change, but individually we are better off if that someone isn't us. The solution is usually to change the payoffs and incentives. For example, if there's a law that fines me for doing some activity that harms the environment, then I'm better off switching to an activity that doesn't harm the environment.
I think that's a huge part of the issue. The fossil fuel industry, for example, has put alot of money into making people think that doing anything for the environment would impoverish us..when, in reality, it would impoverish them.
They aren't lobbying on our behalf, out of the goodness of their hearts.
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