The Heinrich Böll foundation makes the case for tackling climate change by our society adopting a different lifestyle, e.g., by relying less on cars, eating less meat, and traveling by train rather than plane. I believe that quality of life is determined more by how we spend our time and whether we create meaningful memories, rather than a high GDP, big cars, and big houses, so this report certainly strikes a nerve with me. The most important point though is certainly that we should not assume or hope that technological change will in the future make our current lifestyle more sustainable. I do not see the value in trying to preserve everything as-is.
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@misc{barg2021the,
author = {Barg, Julian},
title = {Julian Barg: The case for climate change mitigation through societal transformation},
url = {https://www.jbarg.net/posts/2021-01-04-the-case-for-climate-change-mitigation-through-societal-transformation/},
year = {2021}
}