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World's Richest 10% Are Costing Earth Trillions, Study Finds (www.sciencealert.com)

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It's difficult to put a price on the environment, and some scientists even argue it's beside the point: that nature has intrinsic value, beyond the services it provides to us.

But in some situations, it helps to try to put it in economic terms: especially when those are the terms the world's wealthiest are used to dealing in.

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[–] its_me_xiphos@beehaw.org 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

You know. That's terrifying. Entirely possible given our frat party governance of AI and security in this moment.

[–] volore@scribe.disroot.org 1 points 1 day ago

Mmmmmhm. It's why I say it'll happen someday, almost certainly; but I doubt it would be in the way any of us hope for.