Comment by embedding-shape
4 hours ago
> Most the stuff we buy shouldn’t even exist in the first place.
But how would we know what should or shouldn't exist, if someone doesn't bring it into existence first so we can figure it out?
4 hours ago
> Most the stuff we buy shouldn’t even exist in the first place.
But how would we know what should or shouldn't exist, if someone doesn't bring it into existence first so we can figure it out?
For example: most small, plastic toys should not exist, regardless of how many people might want them. They’re essentially mass-manufactured pollution that harms the global environment. Sure, you can find positive effects of them, but I argue those effects are not worth the downsides.
There are many other things that would be a net positive of they didn’t exist.
Just because something can exist, just because some people might want it to exist, doesn’t mean we’re better off. Honestly I think the Amish and their measured approach to technology is correct (though my rubric would be different than theirs).