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39 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 27 Mar \ on: The Future is More Stuff econ
Every engineer designing a slightly better juicer with smartphone connectivity is not designing better public transportation. Every marketing dollar spent convincing people they need new sneakers is not spent educating about climate change. Every factory producing incremental gadgets is not producing renewable energy infrastructure.
What do public transportation and education about about climate change have in common?
Both are largely publicly funded and do not have much exposure to market forces.
There's this weird thing that happens when I read things like this. Its like there is a massive blind spot to this entity which has its thumb on the scales, distorting natural market forces and human desires. The state.
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