going out of business after being established 140 years ago and they’re calling that failure. some people just can’t pat themselves on the back huh

I browse all and I would say there’s more content now than when I joined. It’s much easier to find content where actual discussion is happening too

PopSci is tricky because on one hand, it’s great that there’s a lot of interest in learning about science and it should be promoted, but on the other, the vast majority of research is so complex that you literally cannot explain it to the layman without making it wrong in some way.

I believe that the massive scale of corruption that exists within the capitalist system necessitates rebuilding from the ground up. Part of the solution is going to be intentional communities (I hope anyway) where we’re building communities with the intention of solving some of these large scale problems (scarcity, pollution, racial injustice, etc) in the community. There’s a collection of already existing communities on ic.org where you can find resources on how to build a community or where to find them. There’s every flavor of community whether you’re looking for a commune, a spiritual community, an eco-friendly community, permaculture, etc.

What did you read that made you think “This is blaming poor people!”?

The main suspected causes mentioned are poor diet, alcohol, tobacco, physical inactivity, and obesity

you do realize that I don’t buy stuff from Amazon and there are still Amazon trucks around right?

If only we had some nationalized way to deliver parcels on an optimized route…

Those companies are the reason that energy isn’t produced with cleaner alternatives like nuclear, wind, or solar

The narrative that the average joe is to blame for this shit is so infuriating to me. Myself and 50,000 other people could start walking everywhere and it very likely wouldn’t come close to offsetting the emissions of Amazon’s fleet of trucks.

Yes individual consumption matters, but there’s a very small group of individuals called billionaires that contribute 1000x more than you or I ever could. BP invented the idea of the individual carbon footprint.