If anyone on Lemmy wants a financial answer to this question, which essentially what it boils down to given the society we’re in, I would recommend listening to the latest Weekly Show podcast episode with Jon Stewart interviewing the Nobel Prize winning economist Richard Thaler.
He breaks down this exact mentality in a way that makes a lot of sense.
My very short summary: We hate losing something way more than we enjoy gaining something. That’s why governments prefer subsidies. They are perceived as gaining something, while taxes are perceived as losing something. They also talk about nudges versus shoves. Nudging people toward positive behavior works better, especially if you do it in a way that makes people feel like they have agency. But this makes it difficult to change behavior drastically (a shove), which Stewart argues is required with the challenges we’re facing because of climate change. Thaler replies that with the kind of people we have in power, allowing for drastic change will not yield the kind of change we need nor want.
I think that’s what the conversation boils down to, for all the people who hate watching a long video for what could’ve been some clean text.
Dude, this is some random-ass post on social media. People who want the deep cut can do it, people who are mildly interested can read a summary and everybody else just ignores it.
If anyone on Lemmy wants a financial answer to this question, which essentially what it boils down to given the society we’re in, I would recommend listening to the latest Weekly Show podcast episode with Jon Stewart interviewing the Nobel Prize winning economist Richard Thaler.
He breaks down this exact mentality in a way that makes a lot of sense.
https://youtu.be/rZczEzMu_U8
My very short summary: We hate losing something way more than we enjoy gaining something. That’s why governments prefer subsidies. They are perceived as gaining something, while taxes are perceived as losing something. They also talk about nudges versus shoves. Nudging people toward positive behavior works better, especially if you do it in a way that makes people feel like they have agency. But this makes it difficult to change behavior drastically (a shove), which Stewart argues is required with the challenges we’re facing because of climate change. Thaler replies that with the kind of people we have in power, allowing for drastic change will not yield the kind of change we need nor want.
I think that’s what the conversation boils down to, for all the people who hate watching a long video for what could’ve been some clean text.
A argument could be made that this statement explains the “why” behind how we have so many people unwilling to understand things better. AI much?
“lets just summarize the broad strokes.”
Dude, this is some random-ass post on social media. People who want the deep cut can do it, people who are mildly interested can read a summary and everybody else just ignores it.
It wasn’t a dig on you. Just an observation on society. You can stand down.