Fair enough, but even that moves the goalposts

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Posted by GliderGuider (A) on January 9, 2007 at 09:15:55

In Reply to: I think it's a metaphor or something posted by PabloP on January 9, 2007 at 09:02:04:

"Greed" has a moral dimension that obscures the underlying mechanisms and shifts the debate to less productive ground. "Don't be greedy, think of others" is a good and valuable admonition, but its historical rate of success has been less than stellar. When you go the next step and ask why so few people heed such obviously good advice, you run smack into genetics and the helping hand of natural selection working over millennia to embed comfort-seeking behaviour patterns.

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Topic - Bridging Peak Oil and Climate Change Activism - GliderGuider 07:34:50 01/9/07 (11)

The only path to correct both problems is parked in your driveway . . . - mr grits 10:26:21 01/9/07 (1)

That's a good beginning, all right. - GliderGuider 10:39:19 01/9/07 (0)

Bridging Resource Sustainability and Unbridled Capitalism - jedinvest 08:19:29 01/9/07 (7)

So why do these problems exist even in non-captialist countries? - GliderGuider 08:47:22 01/9/07 (6)

Yeast cells == 'unbridled capitalism' - jedinvest 08:02:03 01/10/07 (1)

Did unconstrained growth not happen under communism? - GliderGuider 11:35:04 01/10/07 (0)

Re: So why do these problems exist even in non-captialist countries? - Bruce from DC 09:30:04 01/9/07 (1)

The mind reels. - GliderGuider 09:59:44 01/9/07 (0)

I think it's a metaphor or something - PabloP 09:02:04 01/9/07 (1)

Fair enough, but even that moves the goalposts - GliderGuider 01/9/0709:15:55 01/9/07 (0)

Yep, that .006% increase in CO2 is causing all our problems. - HiFi Guy 07:47:36 01/9/07 (0)

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Fair enough, but even that moves the goalposts - GliderGuider 01/9/0709:15:55 01/9/07 (0)

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