TIL that "carbon footprint" is a campaign started by Brittish petroleum (BP) in order to distract attention away from coporate responsibility and culpability towards individual responsibility and culpability.
It’s on You: How Corporations and Behavioral Scientists Have Convinced Us That We’re to Blame for Society’s Deepest Problems by Nick Chater, George Loewenstein
In this sharp takedown, psychologist Chater and behavioral economist Loewenstein (Exotic Preferences) argue that “nudge” theory,...
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If you are concerned about your carbon footprint or shame others about their's, it shows how well this campaign has worked and is still working.
But you know what is really on us? To stop this madness right now and demand more corporate regulations!
#climatecrisis