<div dir="ltr">On Fri, 12 Nov 2021 at 12:44, spike jones via extropy-chat<br><<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> …> On Behalf Of Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat<br>> Subject: Re: [ExI] totalitarian techniques<br>><br>> >…If you doubt that our existing systems fail us, just consider how they are tackling climate change. Short answer: They aren't. We won't stop it, we'll have to adapt to it. Probably very poorly. And guess who will suffer the most Ben<br>><br>><br>> Ben, the problem is using the wrong tool for that job. We shouldn’t be attempting to use a legal system to combat climate change. We should be using market forces to do that. So far, markets haven’t chosen that as a high priority.<br>><br>> spike<br>> _______________________________________________<br><br><br>It's the Tragedy of the Commons writ large for the whole planet.<br>No individual company concerned about the profit margin in a<br>competitive environment is going to spend precious cash on fighting<br>climate change. They will worry that companies that don't spend money<br>like that will make larger profits and be more successful.<br><br>Fighting climate change has to be tackled at government level to pass<br>laws that apply to all companies.<br><br>But it is not going to happen. The next generation will have to<br>survive as best they can.</div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 12 Nov 2021 at 12:44, spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org" target="_blank">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>…</b>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] totalitarian techniques<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">On 10/11/2021 22:20, Spike wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">>>…Use a legal system to limit any individual’s power. Use capitalism to bring up everyone’s wealth.</span><u></u><u></u></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p>…<u></u><u></u></p><p>>…If you doubt that our existing systems fail us, just consider how they are tackling climate change. Short answer: They aren't. We won't stop it, we'll have to adapt to it. Probably very poorly. And guess who will suffer the most Ben<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u> <u></u></p><p><u></u> <u></u></p><p>Ben, the problem is using the wrong tool for that job. We shouldn’t be attempting to use a legal system to combat climate change. We should be using market forces to do that. So far, markets haven’t chosen that as a high priority.<u></u><u></u></p><p>spike<u></u><u></u></p><p><u></u> <u></u></p><p><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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