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@ Scott H.
2025-05-20 14:04:40
If the world is thought of as something that humans extract resources from and conquer, then, yes, much has been extracted, and we are facing negative externalities. But, take a hard look at that point of view in the first place. This comes from the same culture that got us into our predicament, and goes back much further than boomers. We are part of an engine of destructive culture that goes back 10,000 years (although, modernity and the last 150 years makes the previous 9,850 years look like Eden). Until we dig a bit deeper, we will always find somebody to blame besides ourselves (and our culture that we *all* share, although the experience of negative externalities and freedom is not proportional).