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sorry I'm lagging on responding, I'm adapting to life and shakeups in the fediverse
initially negligable
yeah this problem is with tech in general, I think it's called jevon's paradox: every time tech is invented, the idea is it will save labor or resources, but people end up just using more resources a lot of times. Like a light bulb that is 10x more efficient, means people just buy 11 more light bulbs instead.
ebooks as being more environmentally friendly
well it's better than audiobooks or video I think; I think they can possibly be ecofriendly, it may depend on the device you consume on (a desktop computer + monitor would probably consume a lot more energy than a phone or ereader)
speed limit
we don't have to have a regulation, it could just be a culturally adapted norm (if this is thought to be a good thing); or we could find ways to make better use of data resources
If I can read it instead of watch it, I will
I've thought of some experiments like this before, like for instance listening to audio I think is way more energy efficient with headphones versus a speaker (1000x?)
I don't know if you're a /datahoarder/ at all but that's another thought, hard drives only last so long and people buy new ones to keep their data going... I don't know how sustainable this is but it seems a bit concerning that new hard drives are needed so frequently. /digitalminimalism/ might be a topic worth discussing
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(posted for discussion, not necessarily in agreement with author) https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2023/08/thematic-books-series/ Links to articles used in book (not linked on the site, presumably this is the book's contents): ... Why we need a speed limit for the internet https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2015/10/why-we-need-a-speed-limit-for-the-internet/ Email in the 18th century: the optical telegraph https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2007/12/email-in-the-18.html How to build a low-tech internet? https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2015/10/how-to-build-a-low-tech-internet How to build a low-tech website? https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2018/09/how-to-build-a-low-tech-website/ How sustainable is a solar powered website? https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2020/01/how-sustainable-is-a-solar-powered-website.html How and why I stopped buying laptops https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2020/12/how-and-why-i-stopped-buying-new-laptops Why the office needs a typewriter revolution https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2016/11/why-the-office-needs-a-typewriter-revolution.html
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The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe
sometimes freedom is preferred when there are incentives towards it