eicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoWill it be AI or the climate crisis that ends humanity? We can make it neither. Both of these threats have the same roots: private entities seeking to cash in. We have the power to stand against them.www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square32linkfedilinkarrow-up1447arrow-down112
arrow-up1435arrow-down1external-linkWill it be AI or the climate crisis that ends humanity? We can make it neither. Both of these threats have the same roots: private entities seeking to cash in. We have the power to stand against them.www.theguardian.comeicker@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square32linkfedilink
minus-squareRhaedas@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up15·4 days agoThe first Earth Day was 56 years ago. “The Limits to Growth” was published in 1972 (and didn’t even include climate change, so yay). We started to stand up, but I think got pushed back down quickly.
minus-squareeatshitforeverbutinaniceway@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 days agothe people standing up in 1972 were still gonna live to old age. nobody still standing can be quite so sure. that said, we do seem really down for letting them kill us.
The first Earth Day was 56 years ago. “The Limits to Growth” was published in 1972 (and didn’t even include climate change, so yay). We started to stand up, but I think got pushed back down quickly.
the people standing up in 1972 were still gonna live to old age. nobody still standing can be quite so sure.
that said, we do seem really down for letting them kill us.