(not my OC nor my OP, just helping spread the message around:-)
Ok, got it. No burning at the stake. We'll use guillotines.π
this post was submitted on 15 Feb 2025
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Thereβs a clear difference between being in big trouble and being completely screwed. If we can avoid the extinction of humanity and go with catastrophic disasters and famine that eradicates vast majority of the population, we should totally do it.
Ideally, we would avoid all that, and go back to the good old days. Every small step towards that goal is worth it, although taking longer steps is highly encouraged.
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Great but I already do as much as I personally can handle. Would be great if society at large, e.g. laws, regulations, and big corps, could get on the same level.
That's what this post is saying. Do YOUR part. That's all you can do.
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Me: dusts off hands Installed solar on the roof, bicycling to work, updated the insulation on all my windows, and drastically reduced the amount of plastic in my life.
Tech Company Next Door: CONSUMES 70 MwH OF POWER FOR TWO YEARS STRAIGHT POWERING AN UNOPTIMIZED AI
Me: Begins flipping through a copy of How To Blow Up A Pipeline
Don't blow up the pipeline, that'll pollute the environment! Go for the pumping infrastructure, if you can knock out a pump you can decrease or even completely stop the flow of oil.
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Above a certain threshold there will be no discernible difference in the outcome to our civilisation.
The planet is fine. The people are fucked. G. Carlin was and is right.
It'll at least determine how many species survive. And the threshold to total human extinction is very high, so every ton of co2 is part of a life saved.
Okay. But every minute we can delay reaching that threshold will be worth it.
To me it's the same as the US democracy right now. Yes it's far too late to see no ill effects and we are already facing the consequences, but every act of resistance to unlawful, immoral and unconstitutional orders slow them down, and with enough co-ordination may slow them down enough before Trump and the oligarchs become truly unstoppable.
For any issue that effects our world's existence, stand boldly and take action. Don't let the fear of the inevitability of it consume you.
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No offense, but this is exactly the kind of active pessimism that this post is trying to combat. The only mindset that creates positive change is active optimism. In other words, hope for better and taking action to try and get there.
Note that this is not to be confused with inactive optimism. "Everything will just work out on its own". That also doesn't work.
Active pessimism is the most damaging mindset, though, because it actively drains others of their will to make things better. Feeling hopeless is real and understandable, I've been feeling it, too. Spreading it around and shutting down those who are trying to do better isn't the way to process it, though.
No offense, but this is exactly the kind of active pessimism that this post is trying to combat
I agree with you, but I'm not sure the post is really effective for that goal.
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βThe Earth will just shake us off like a bad case of fleas.β