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My brother and his wife are economists and both quite progressive. I had them over for dinner the other night and my brother got so worked up about corporate culture that he blacked out from anger.

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Brand new datacentres designed to run AI for a single MegaCorps. Powered by a direct connection to the Gas Grid, and their own gas powered generator.

Yes, Climate Heating. But look at all that shareholder value.

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And big corporations are steered by money nobles (or oligarchs, whatever you want to call them). They set the agenda of the corporations thanks to the money they invest into them by owning their shares or being directly invested.

Sadly nothing will change until the common people start to realize that you have to remove those oppressors, who not only steer corporations but also influence public opinion through media and agencies, change policies as they need by buying out politicians, etc.

Be it peacefully or violently.

Oh, and by the way, it's not just the climate that is affected by their quest of greed. Poverty, wars, low education, bad healthcare and so much more are also heavily influenced, if not entirely caused by them and their shenanigans.

@helenczerski I went to climate week in new York and was a bit surprised to find some big companies so seem to have got the message that you can't do business on a planet that doesn't support human life

Microsoft are probably the biggest buyers of carbon offsets and are taking it very seriously. Check out Katie sierks
https://climatenow.com/podcast/episode-3-of-3-the-voluntary-carbon-offset-market/

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First bit: How many programmers does it need to change a lightbulb? None, because that's a hardware problem.

Second bit: How many people does it need to fix the climate? None, because bright children will solve it.

Clearly, both are nonsense.