Re:Ask HN: IT jobs fighting against climate catastrophe?
by whitepaint on Monday March 01, 2021 @09:24AM
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> It doesn't exist. ... No. Sacrifice is required ...
That is a very myopic view.
Re:Ask HN: IT jobs fighting against climate catastrophe?
by user-the-name on Monday March 01, 2021 @09:46AM
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No, what is myopic is demanding that a problem be solved without you having to put any effort into it yourself. To demand that things carry on as normal in the face of oncoming catastrophy.
That is myopic in the extreme.
Re:Ask HN: IT jobs fighting against climate catastrophe?
by iujjkfjdkkdkf on Monday March 01, 2021 @09:53AM
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Not sure who you're responding to that advocated for that. But the closest I can see is the original post suggesting the that people join a protest group. Lobbying the government to force others to behave as you want, and not proposing an actual solution, is pretty close to demanding that a problem be solved without putting any effort in yourself.
Re:Ask HN: IT jobs fighting against climate catastrophe?
by user-the-name on Tuesday March 02, 2021 @04:21AM
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> But there are people that want to move backwards, to reduce our standard of living
Re:Ask HN: IT jobs fighting against climate catastrophe?
by junon on Monday March 01, 2021 @11:01AM
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> It doesn't exist.
This has been decided? By who? When? Can you prove this?
Re:Ask HN: IT jobs fighting against climate catastrophe?
by davidhbolton on Wednesday March 03, 2021 @04:28AM
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It's more the case that as Carl Sagan said "If you're making an extraordinary claim you should have extraordinary evidence".
So where is the extraordinary evidence for Climate Crisis? People have been claiming this or similar for the last 30 years giving us deadlines that have been repeatedly passed. So what's different now? nothing as far as I can see.
Climate change.
Sure, it would be lovely to find a solution that would require no sacrifice from anyone. That is what everyone wants.
It doesn't exist.
If it did, do you think people have just been ignoring it? When it is exactly what everyone wants?
No. Sacrifice is required, to avoid an even greater sacrifice in the future. And it is time for you to step up and take responsibility, and act towards that end goal.