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		endisneigh on Oct 5, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cryptocurrencies’ Carbon Footprint Underestimated > Any "solution" that rests on "educating people" is not going to work. This is not true at all, lol. How do you think modern civilization came to be?

openfuture on Oct 6, 2021 [–]

Man, I think our premises are incompatible, I view "civilization" as regression and arrogance (read the Wikipedia intro or dictionary definition and tell me otherwise).

It doesn't solve anything for anyone, it's just an effective system of slavery.

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