Effective altruism is just philanthropy that devalues non-human life. These "spicy" responses are so telling.
"We should help other people" can never be as effective (sic) as "we should not exploit other people and nature to begin with".
https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/effective-altruism-as-a-tower-of
Taking existential risks seriously is a good idea.
But #longtermism has also some big ethical problems. The way some people are clinging onto it looks to me an awful lot like a coping strategy.
Two climate communication lessons I'm trying to learn.
1) Open with a positive future worth fighting for and then bring the facts. Storming in with the depressing reality makes people freeze up. See: mental contrasting + implementation intentions.
https://typeshare.co/tegantallullah/posts/try-this-4-step-narrative-for-climate-communications
@ggpsv I thought about writing more about how I try to deal with the emotional stress of activism, but in the end it didn't fit in this post.
But good to know about your interest: I'll make a not to write a post about it later on!
This was difficult to write because I'm not comfortable talking about myself publicly. At the same time, I would have loved to read this 2 years ago.
If you're lucky enough to be able to, I urge you to join the fight!
I have no doubt that Paul Krugman is knowingly and deliberately making a straw man here.
In his role as protector of the hegemony, I'm also fairly certain Krugman will not engage with any of the #degrowth research in Hickel's replies.
It's just mind-boggling to me to see these brilliant people proudly showcase their intellectual dishonesty.
Today is #EarthOvershootDay. In this post I talk about the reasons behind overshoot. I argue that it is overproduction, not overconsumption, that should get most of our attention.