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The utility of violence isn’t in the violence itself, but
only in the threat of it. It creates immediate behaviour change,
but only for so long as the threat is active.
The value of violence
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Violence is such an unavoidable feature of life that it tends to appear
in any conversation that starts about half a bottle in. And in any given
wine-fuelled conversation that broaches the subject of violence people
usually assume that violence is necessary, or that it’s some kind of
pathology. What these perspectives mean is that any conversation that
circles the issue of violence will end in a fight between people who are
for violence (or inured to it), and people who are against it (or
don’t think it’s real). This isn’t really a very interesting
conversation to me. A more interesting question to me, is when is
violence actually useful? So, rather than asking questions about the
necessity of it, we might be better served asking questions about the
utility. Because looking at utility highlights something that would
probably make us think of violence a little differently.
The utility of violence isn’t in the violence itself, but
only in the threat of it. It creates immediate behaviour change,
but only for so long as the threat is active.
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Sustainability discussions often prioritise saving the planet, missing the
fact that the planet doesn’t care about climate change. Maybe we should
focus on the imminent death and disease instead of the planet’s feelings.
Saving the planet is an illusion
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I think it would be fair to say that anyone who cares about sustainability
is very frustrated by the perception of a lack of progress. I think there’s
something interesting about the talk about it that unreasonably adds to
all the frustration and panic about its apparent pace. It lies in the
arguments about why sustainable change is needed.
Sustainability discussions often prioritise saving the planet, missing the
fact that the planet doesn’t care about climate change. Maybe we should
focus on the imminent death and disease instead of the planet’s feelings.
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