keccers
@keccers.eth
“If you’re so smart why are the only ways you have to get rich value extractive?” A thought I have often about our so called smart people
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BrixBountyFarm 🎩
@brixbounty
Extraction of natural and human capital is the story of civilization unfortunately
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keccers
@keccers.eth
and people call me doomer! Extraction may be inevitable but is it desirable or sustainable? I agree the optimal amount of all bad things is nonzero but Many things were until they weren’t. Leaded gasoline was profitable and widespread and yet we somehow got it together to stop doing that
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keccers
@keccers.eth
Controversial but I believe Weber that the cultural fuel of capitalism was the Protestant work ethic Catholics were slower to industrialize for this reason Unfortunately we abandoned all that cultural fuel. I believe that without it we will find the system can no longer self sustain. It is why many push for what I argue are lesser economic systems without knowing why
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zoo
@zoo
i always thought webers stance was a bit funny. how do people still credit religion when its all downwind of butter v. olive oil (and coconut oil too, represent)
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keccers
@keccers.eth
Catholic (olive oil) and Protestant (butter)
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zoo
@zoo
you say that like they eat the oils bc of their religion 😅
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keccers
@keccers.eth
Ha you know I am not saying that. Just that the two things mirror — the geography and the religion (mostly) Idk I guess obvi but I believe culture is important…. Beliefs not the fat source turned thrift into a virtue and profit into grace
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zoo
@zoo
lol im not saying that either 😂 more like both are factors of temp and there is a perfect temperate zone (and density/) for max human productivity (and its buttery)
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