SkepticalButOpenMinded

Hmm, that does seem like a perverse financial incentive. I otherwise like some of the content on Wendover Productions, but I remain skeptical about this one.

I would like to see someone post some actual unbiased journalism or scientific studies that support specific carbon offset programs.

I am not against easing one's conscience, so long as that's not the only thing people do. It's a perverse turn in our culture that we've started to shame people for trying to act morally. We have a conscience for a reason: to motivate good behaviour. This reminds me of the right's claim that everything is "virtue signalling", as if moral action itself is undesirable. It coheres with a hyper individualistic and self-interested worldview.

My question is precisely whether "in fact it is exactly as bad". That is an empirical claim, not one that you can declare with a serene wave of the hand. That John Oliver reporting is useful in that regards, whereas your comment, devoid of argument or evidence, is not.

Good to know. Link for the lazy.

I wish there were some effective way to invest in fighting climate change. God knows there's plenty of money invested in the opposite direction.

To be fair, even middle class people lend or give each other big sums of money when it’s family. It’s hard to afford a down payment, pay for college, or start a business without help from family.

Yes, I don’t like Pence at all, and I want him to never win office again. But I don’t want the reason he loses to be because he didn’t literally overthrow the government. The incentives for future coups are absolutely terrifying.

I’m much more pessimistic than you all that that would have any sway. Why would that work when republicans actively like Trump so much?

There is no way most people can easily make this at home without a ton of trouble.

Right I don’t doubt that the decision makes financial sense because I know several companies, most notably Apple, gave it a really sincere effort with enormous resources.

But it does show that even this last supposed benefit of hyper capitalism—consumer choice—is a bit of a lie. All TVs spy on you, it’s almost impossible to buy a small car in the US, even expensive clothes are made in the same cheap fast fashion factories, and on and on.

I see. I was confused because they’re both ugly screenshots. It’s not like the top image is Batman Arkham Knight or something.

Even if only one percent of people want smaller phones, with the huge volume of phones sold I don’t understand how that’s not enough to justify a healthy market.

This problem is only going to get worse when the LLMs are combined with flawless voices and VR visual representations.

They compared the $130 TB4 Apple cable to $5 junk cables, but I wish they included some $40-80 competitors in the comparison. How does Anker fare?