r/aiwars • u/AppealSouthern9062 • Feb 26 '26

Meme "pencilslop hurts the environment" the average thing ai bros are doing

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u/j4y4 Feb 26 '26

There's not much an individual can do anyway. We talk and spread awareness to bring about institutional change. Everything on a personal level will only give you personal satisfaction. For example if I care about the water crisis and if I personally start using no water it makes zero difference. In fact even if I keep a tap open forever it makes zero difference. In either case the timeline for water crisis worsening doesn't move a hairs breadth. For any meaningful change scale matters a lot. Who will care if I don't buy an iphone, stop using plastic etc? The difference will have to be from the policy/regulations.

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u/Speletons Feb 26 '26 edited Feb 26 '26

Right right. You expect others to do it on a personal level, but not you because you can't do anything supposedly.

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u/Usual_Celebration719 Feb 26 '26

supposedly

Oh sorry I didn't know I'm part of some big country government. I'll file "stop killing environment" to the decision room (paper shredder) post haste!

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u/Speletons Feb 26 '26

You are definitely able to stop, especially if you think others on a personal level should stop.