Is Global Warming a Hoax?
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- joeth0
I think deep down, most people know that we're probably fucking up the planet for future generations. We just like clinging to the shreds of denialism because it gives us an excuse to be lazy. It lets us tell ourselves (and eventually our kids) that we did all we could based on the knowledge that we had.
I say screw that. As designers, we should be able to look to the future and plan for certain outcomes. We don't know for sure what's going to happen, but we can try to avoid the worst possible outcomes by making a sustainable world the sexier, more convenient, more desirable outcome. If people don't have to think about science but still chose the greener option because they like it better, then designers will have succeeded.
"The best way to envision the future is to design it"
- R. Buckminster Fuller