“We’re not going to hit the climate goals anyway…” says former Google chief Eric Schmidt.
  • Queen HawlSera@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    17 分钟前

    To be fair, they’re only not meetable because Google refuses to meet them.

    Everything’s impossible when you don’t give a shit

  • Alpha71@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 小时前

    I just don’t care anymore. I’m done fighting. I’m 54 years old this month, single with no kids or family. We got the world we deserve.

  • Zip2@feddit.ukEnglish
    41·
    5 小时前

    Or… crazy idea but how about we just listen to what the experts have been recommending we do for years and actually implement some of it?

    • thr0w4w4y2@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      14·
      3 小时前

      I feel like capitalists are waiting on some magic solution like some chemical we spray into the air or a miracle new fuel source.

      The established suggestions from scientists (“fly less, stop buying SUVs/Trucks, eat less meat, consider a heat pump and solar panels” etc) doesn’t support the narrative that we can continue unabated infinite growth with no consequences.

    • Valmond@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 小时前

      Google, not M$. (Can’t seem to find my message to edit it)

      Edit: found it!

  • BilboBargains@lemmy.worldEnglish
    121·
    4 小时前

    We know that we have to reduce pollution and that it presents an existential threat to our children. Why are we still listening to charismatic psychopaths when it comes to matters of science and engineering? He is not remotely equipped to competently answer this question from a technical or ethical point of view.

    This vulture and his ilk have had their time, step aside old man.

  • Etterra@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    5 小时前

    With AI being so energy hungry, why don’t we feed this rich jackass into the incineration plant. I’m sure he could power one of his beloved AIs for a minute or two.

  • mombutt_long_and_low@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    7 小时前

    I’ve seen this movie. It’s the one where AI determines we are the issue and initiates the “extermination” protocol.

    Edit: With a dash of “Don’t Look Up”.

  • linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
    101·
    6 小时前

    I’m fairly certain we could ask AI right now if that’s a good idea and it would tell us no

  • JollyG@lemmy.worldEnglish
    741·
    12 小时前

    Former CEO of the river poisoning company says there is no way to meet our river poison reduction goals, so we might as well build bigger river poisoning machines because they might help us figure out how to stop poisoning the river. /s

    I feel like there was a time when the tech folks in silicon valley had a lot of credibility, and we are now living in a period where most of the world sees them as a joke but that fact has not yet entered into the culture of silicon valley.

    • kaffiene@lemmy.worldEnglish
      191·
      11 小时前

      Similar thing happened to the games industry as well, I think. Initially it was creative people and engineers who were focused on what they were making. These days the industry is dominated by suits that just want to extract as much cash as possible from players.

      • derpgon@programming.devEnglish
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        3 小时前

        And it finally, after all those years, took the toll. Ubisoft crashed hard and hopefully they burn and fizzle out like a wet fart they are, all of the people starting with lower management and up gets yeeted, and maybe the next owner in line will have more brains and listen to the community.

        Don’t get me wrong, I haven’t bought or played their games for the past 10 years, with exception of the first The Division, but I’ve been following their death spiral for the last few years and I am glad it finally showed on a company. But we need more examples.

      • Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.worldEnglish
        101·
        10 小时前

        It went from niche hobby, to large secondary media market, to the largest entertainment industry in history. Game companies are, as you brought up, no longer being run by people interested in video games. While a lot of the talent they hire, are still people who are passionate about video games, a lot of them are, just people who learned a skill, in order to have a productive career. The latter is becoming a larger, and larger, percentage of the people actually making video games. Video games are just another industry now. Just like any other, they exist to make money, and the people who work for them are people who just want a pay check.

        The indie development scene is the only hope really, for people who don’t want the top 40 pop charts version of games.