I am struck on this #EarthDay by how many so-called brilliant tech bros with Substack newsletters are totally smitten with continuous #growth and #globalization - thoroughly convinced we’re gonna ‘tech’ and ‘grow’ our way out of the various crises we find ourselves facing today. Many of those same supposedly prescient tech bros insist we have more children to sustain their lofty visions of growth and expansion. Over population? Hey just ship em off to Mars where they can mine minerals for us to exploit. From my POV this is the last gasp of the industrial revolution, end-game capitalism playing out - and it’s not a pretty picture. The counterintuitive thinking of some tech bros reflects a stunning naïveté by folks who ought to know better. Before they dismiss #doomer warnings, most of which are point-on, perhaps they should pay attention to the sorry state of the planet, of society, of civility, of the vast wealth and opportunity inequities that surround us. #earthday2023#climatecrisis#climatechange
