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Friday, July 7, 2023

"Economic development is good" (link only)

A follow-up to “Is the West saying Africa should remain undeveloped?” and The Cruelty of Climate Fanatics, Matt Yglesias:

Two visions of environmentalism
A better world for people vs. a world with less human impact

4 comments:

Matt Ball said...

Tony,
1. Are we friends in real life? We should be.
2. It saddens me that Alex Epstein is one of those people who would rather be loved by right-wing assholes (and be "right") than be a part of a constructive conversation. But yeah; eg.
https://www.mattball.org/2022/11/pros-and-cons-costs-and-benefits.html

Tony K said...

Yes we should. Where are you?

We just moved from Oakland, CA to Golden, CO. We have grandbabies seemingly falling off trees. Two so far this year, and a third in a few weeks, which will put our total to 5.

Anyway, I agree about Epstein. His environmental framing is excellent, but then he goes into the libertarian BS...

Matt Ball said...

We are in Tucson, AZ. Moved here from Pittsburgh in 2007.
Here is a link to a pdf of Losing:
https://bit.ly/3OcU2Kv
That'll tell you much more.
My sister lives in Denver - has for decades. It is beautiful, but too cold for us! Was it family that took you to Golden?

Matt Ball said...

PS: MattBallAZ@gmail.com