Jeremy, these are fine points and I don't think we disagree. On climate I think the question is not so much "Can tech create greener energy?" which it definitely will, but rather "Will those tech advances be maximized to fight climate change, or maximized for the profit motive?" Which is the political angle on the issue you discuss.
Great. I think I’m reacting still to the broader degrowth discourse that just doesn’t think that the clean tech developments matter. Figuring out how to get them deployed (hopefully both cheaply and with good wages though obviously that’s another tension) is a key political problem going forward. But it is still an easier one than having to start the climate conversation by telling people no/less.
Jeremy, these are fine points and I don't think we disagree. On climate I think the question is not so much "Can tech create greener energy?" which it definitely will, but rather "Will those tech advances be maximized to fight climate change, or maximized for the profit motive?" Which is the political angle on the issue you discuss.
Great. I think I’m reacting still to the broader degrowth discourse that just doesn’t think that the clean tech developments matter. Figuring out how to get them deployed (hopefully both cheaply and with good wages though obviously that’s another tension) is a key political problem going forward. But it is still an easier one than having to start the climate conversation by telling people no/less.