The ocean as we know it to be is probably done for. We, as a race, are not even starting to get a handle on all the plastic going in the ocean. It's a ridiculously, stupendously huge thing next to a human, and if you think that for every video of someone rescuing a turtle or documenting a whale that swallowed plastic, there is an entire ocean's worth that aren't being saved or seen, it puts into context the magnitude of what we've done. It's probably a slaughterhouse out there.
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#32- Green/Sustainable trend is overrated and doomed. - Corporate ESG sucks. - HR departments have been hijacked by social justice people, mostly women. Subjectivism has taken over objectivism. - Society/Technology has been deteriorating, not accelerating. Despite of what people say about progress in last 50 years. - Anti-capitalism is going to lead to demise of USA and largely the west while APAC has been embracing wha…
> - Corporate ESG sucks.
Let me explain. ESG is a way for politicians/administrative-class/elites to force ideology on the public without having to go through the legislative process and gaining public support, thereby bypassing writing laws. Constitution has deliberately made lawmaking process difficult and lengthy, that's a feature, not a bug. Instead, power is exercised through the proxy of corporations.
It is anything but democratic. It is totalitarian (even though I agree with some of the ESG initiatives).
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#33Truth is being obfuscated by making us mentally fatigued and thinking too much about problems which are largely irrelevant. As long as there is bread and circuses, the truth will not reveal itself.
Not sure this is unpopular per-se.
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#34Free speech is overrated, and very misunderstood.
>Free speech is overrated, and very misunderstood. Maybe your free speech is overrated. But as for the rest of us, it is not.
I think the USA has seen the good side of free speech for a while. Most of the former British colonies see the bad side - riots, deaths, civil wars.
The Sunni vs Shia wars and torture in the Middle East. Israel. The race riots in SE Asia. India's Muslim vs Hindu conflicts, as well as Pakistan. You need a minority whose votes are negligible enough. Often those with enough power to be a viable threat (Jews, Chinese billionaires, hardworking educated immigrants).
Trump/MAGA is just following the standard politician playbook of vilifying minorities for votes. When it works, future politicians do the same because it's easy and proven. And then the hatred turns to violence. It's not just MAGA, it's also the people who compare Trump to Hitler and compare MAGA to Nazis.
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#35Software can’t be delivered on time (it can).
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#38This is unfortunately full of very popular opinions. This is exactly what happens on reddit.
Just hunt for greyed out comments.
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#39The tech community is not only not smarter than most other communities, in many cases tech workers are less capable and intelligent than the average person. Half a century of conformist education and a financial machine around scaling companies has made tech workers soft. And their choice to insulate themselves in specific metros/social circles has made them unable to see this.
Come on man you can’t say that one. I need something to feel good about and I attached my entire identity to my career and salary.
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#40Scientists should stay in their lanes.
pretty ironic coming from HN. The home of armchair experts.