I just realized I didn’t blog about the Oxford style economist debate hosted at the Harris theater a few nights ago. Luckily, Vince had some tickets to it, so I decided to head over with him.
The title of the debate is “Will China’s Rise Lead to an Environmental Catastrophe?“.
Prior to the event, and both the affirmative and negative both had about the same votes. After the night concluded, however, the Affirmative side had picked up more votes. (Pessimists!).
I disagree entirely: Design and innovation comes with constraint and observing workarounds. Constraint is exactly what you have in areas like developing China and India. Whether we like it or not here in the US, other countries are not tied to old decisions manifested in existing infrastructure. They can pave new paths, and try new things to be more environmentally friendly. Their government is tantamount to a benevolent dictatorship, and their governmental fiat will dictate citizens’ eco-decisions. If not directly, they will use propaganda.
And we’ll save ourselves from catastrophe.
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