On the plus side, at least future generations won't have the cognitive skills to judge us harshly.
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@elizayer I don't even know what that means.
Thanks?
@knowprose oh, it doesn't mean anything really.... except that I fully reject this path we're on!
I hereby take (some) responsibility for trying to help future generations develop their critical thinking.
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On the plus side, at least future generations won't have the cognitive skills to judge us harshly.
Trump promised to scrap climate laws if US oil bosses donated $1bn – report
Trump promised to 20 executives at Mar-a-Lago dinner to increase oil drilling and reverse pollution rules among other pitches
the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Fossil fuel subsidies in Europe
The 8th Environment Action Programme calls for fossil fuel subsidies to be phased out without delay. Subsidies were stable from 2015-2021, yet more than doubled in 2022 due to high energy prices post-COVID and Russia's invasion of Ukraine, subsequently falling to EUR 111 billion in 2023. While a significant part of fossil fuel subsidies are due to be phased out by 2030, these are largely crisis measures. The EU is likely not on track to make notable progress by 2030, as most Member States lack concrete plans to phase out the significant fossil fuel subsidies that remain.
(www.eea.europa.eu)
The fossil fuel industry plans on 1 billion climate change deaths this century alone
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-warn-1-billion-people-on-track-to-die-from-climate-change
How to avoid a billion climate deaths – University of Auckland
Opinion: Scientists have predicted a billion climate deaths over the coming century – but cutting out or back on fossil fuels and shifting to renewable energy could give our children a future, says Ralph Cooney
(www.auckland.ac.nz)
We cannot be confident that there will be "future generations" with ecocidal oil oligarchs running global policy.
Fossil fuel air pollution responsible for 1 in 5 deaths worldwide | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Fossil fuel combustion is linked to premature deaths from fine particulate pollution.
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (hsph.harvard.edu)
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@elizayer following you on the strength of this post 🫡
@joost I appreciate the follow!
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@knowprose oh, it doesn't mean anything really.... except that I fully reject this path we're on!
I hereby take (some) responsibility for trying to help future generations develop their critical thinking.
@elizayer yeah.
I wrote this yesterday and it's technocentric but... the author sees it everywhere.
Not the world I wanted.
It got smaller each generation, it seems.
Outliers in space and time...
Where the Map Says the Dragons Are - RealityFragments.com
The survivors know these seas as both sailor and captain.They are as fickle as the unannounced storms and rumors of sea monsters. Invariably, people will talk
RealityFragments.com (realityfragments.com)
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@knowprose oh, it doesn't mean anything really.... except that I fully reject this path we're on!
I hereby take (some) responsibility for trying to help future generations develop their critical thinking.
@elizayer @knowprose
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@abhayakara ha! What can I say, I'm an optimist
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@elizayer Ooooof
@mayintoronto I feel a little bad not cw-ing that. The thought hit me hard too
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@mayintoronto I feel a little bad not cw-ing that. The thought hit me hard too
@elizayer I hope it does not come to pass.
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On the plus side, at least future generations won't have the cognitive skills to judge us harshly.
@elizayer That's exactly the right way to put it. As painful as that is.
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On the plus side, at least future generations won't have the cognitive skills to judge us harshly.
@elizayer I tried to laugh at this but it just came out as a sob....
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On the plus side, at least future generations won't have the cognitive skills to judge us harshly.
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@elizayer Ooooof
@mayintoronto @elizayer That was my reaction too
Excellently done though
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On the plus side, at least future generations won't have the cognitive skills to judge us harshly.
Devastating, but also plausibly true.
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On the plus side, at least future generations won't have the cognitive skills to judge us harshly.
@elizayer said every generation ever.
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On the plus side, at least future generations won't have the cognitive skills to judge us harshly.
@elizayer Are you not a little too optimistic in your opinion?
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On the plus side, at least future generations won't have the cognitive skills to judge us harshly.
@elizayer When I saw Idiocracy for the first time, maybe a year after it came out, I remember laughing. I'm no longer laughing.
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On the plus side, at least future generations won't have the cognitive skills to judge us harshly.
@elizayer before or after they rediscover archeology?
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On the plus side, at least future generations won't have the cognitive skills to judge us harshly.
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On the plus side, at least future generations won't have the cognitive skills to judge us harshly.
@elizayer They will do it anyway, angrily too, as they don't understand what happened in past times.
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On the plus side, at least future generations won't have the cognitive skills to judge us harshly.
@elizayer
Following you, Elizabeth, while there's still time to follow people who continue to think.
