A #dystopia can be a warning about where current trends and bad (political) decisions can lead to, or a warning to not change the status quo.
Have I just got better at noticing it, or has the latter become much more common in the past decades?
In a recent interview the ex-CEO of Unilever Paul Polman, portrayed as a champion for #sustainability, declared that the Friedman doctrine ("the purpose of a business is to increase its profits"), is dead.
Instead, according to Polman, a business should aim to exist for a long time, which means it should not create short-term problems that hinder that goal.
What the journalist missed is that this in turn means that the purpose of a business is to increase its profits *indefinitely*.
To all of you thinking it's too late to stop #ClimateChange, Adam Levy makes a great analogy in this video.
It's never too late to stop punching yourself in the face.
https://yewtu.be/watch?v=RoQRkmRjz38&t=123s?v=RoQRkmRjz38&t=123s
Tell me again that the only ecological problem we need to focus on is too much greenhouse gases.
Explain to me how nuclear energy is The Solution.
Convince me that rich countries can keep consuming exponentially more every year, if we just make sure that consumption is "green".
Give me your optimistic take on how electrification, digitalization, fusion energy and/or "AI" will both prevent #EarthBreakdown and save capitalism.
I dare you.
