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0 pointsJenz2y ago0 comments

> it's impossible to do anything not en masse at 8b population

you are missing some simple arithmetic here. yes, x times y can get arbitrarily big if x does (and y is non-negative), but then changes in y would just have even more of an impact. take x to be population and y to be emission per person and you should see your mistake.

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read_if_gay_2y ago

and you’re missing the point. no one argued that it’s not worth making changes at the population level.

gp argued that stuff becomes problematic when done en masse. my issue with that is, if you disallow en-masse $thing, who’s going to gatekeep the tiny, exclusive, non-en-masse club allowed to do $thing?

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0 pointsJenz2y ago0 comments

> it's impossible to do anything not en masse at 8b population

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read_if_gay_2y ago

and you’re missing the point. no one argued that it’s not worth making changes at the population level.

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