Amélia Liao
am i going mad does nobody else see how fucking insane it is to try discussing the technical merits of sending money to companies that are presently actively involved in doing war crimes
Mar 15 at 5:26amWeb
Show threadAmélia LiaoMar 15
Did I Shift To A Universe Where Nobody Cares About Other People? Is Compassion A Mandela Effect?
Show threadSeiryn(s)Mar 15
@amy you're making a mistake, compassion is when you say that things happening to people are sad not when you need to do something about it. /s
Show threadNuwagaba GiftMar 15
@amy
The world is full of nice and caring people. If you can't find one, be one.
Show threadtaliMar 15
@amy "well, its useful to me, so you have to let me use it. there's no other option"
Show threadJesper Agdakx 🔸Mar 15
@amy I think I've grown too jaded over time to still be surprised by other people's seemingly utter lack of care for others outside of their direct circle. And I know I am also very far from perfect myself. But one thing I can say is that the longer this drags on, the clearer its becoming to me which side has an actual point and which side is just making excuses.
Show threadApostolisMar 15

I had that same disappointment 20 years ago.

What I realized is that people have varying thresholds to what they are willing to do to remain ethical. Some people really don't care. Others simply have to survive, so they have no other option. (For example, working in the tourist industry that destroys nature.)

For this reason, my efforts now is to make it easier for people to do the right thing. By providing options that they didn't have before.

Another option is political discussion, to explain to people the consequences of some actions.

My point is that a lot of people know that what they do is wrong / unethical but they have no choice, they are alienated from their own work.

https://github.com/agda/agda/pull/8456#issuecomment-4062921702

@jesper @amy