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[matmatmatmat]

... except politics, engineers are usually not very good at politics, and climate change is, in large part, a political problem.

[pkdpic_y9k → matmatmatmat]

again, I love me some doom trolling but only if it helps motivate work, and if software engineers can build platforms that undermine democracy I gotta believe its at least possible they can undermine bad politics too

[ben_w → matmatmatmat]

Yes, but what we can do is try to invent things which are better then the status quo in terms of both money and the environment — if people use those inventions for purely selfish reasons, they’re still helping the world.

[dantheman → matmatmatmat]

It's a technology problem unless you want condemn most of the world to an incredibly low standard of living.