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Re:Jevons paradox on Monday April 09, 2018 @04:24AM (#16791290)
There is a concept in ecology that relates to this one [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebound_effect_(conservation)

Re:Ask HN: Facebook for Events only? on Friday March 23, 2018 @07:29PM (#16663563)
I did the same as you and i'm not regretting it.

If I want to see what someone is doing i can always go to their page.

According to her, she started selling eggs and buying cotton http://www.makaangola.org/2016/05/isabel-dos-santos-africas-... (sarcasm here)
Why don't we increase taxes on the food that make us sick?
Re:Happy nations don't focus on growth on Sunday May 14, 2017 @03:55PM (#14337271)
The thing is that grown up countries still focus on employment to distribute wealth, and to get that employment they need to grow.

So we are consuming useless things to keep useless jobs and maintain a growth that doesn't make us more happy.