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>>bookof+(OP)
The idea that we should somehow just follow what nature dictates and revert to less is never going to work. We'll go mine asteroids if there's not enough material on Earth to make the batteries we need to run our industries 24/7, lights out. We want everything faster, in more comfort, to last longer, to be cheaper, to be more automated, to me more grandiose, to be more precise, to be more convenient.

If humans wanted to live by nature's vagaries, they would have remained chimps.

>>AYBABT+Fw
> We want everything faster, in more comfort, to last longer, to be cheaper, to be more automated, to me more grandiose, to be more precise, to be more convenient.

Perhaps some of these should be reevaluated since it appear clear that their cost means less duration as a species.

>>voisin+Bx
Loss aversion suggests we'll get out of our way to find a maximalist solution where we get to have our cake and eat it too, instead of reneging on anything.

Like EV cars: they had to become better than ICE cars for the switch to happen.