[Ian] Two points specifically. The value of our "convenience". And our tendency to "post-rationalize" the indefensible.
[Arlo] Its also funny to me how our "convenience" is measured by a scale completely out of whack with the "hardships" faced by the majority in the world (past and present). Every time we make a new stride towards "convenience", we renormalize our expectations. The luxury ceases to be a luxury and becomes the expected given, then the absence of the thing is seen as an impossible hardship. Yes, post-rationalization is a problem we must face. It is the path of least effort, the path of eternal hindsight. SA, I hope your non-reply was not because you saw my post as an admonition of you. I do think that we want to keep a system that allows us to get clean water conveniently when we need it. And I don't think that needing or using this from time to time is a problem. My only point was that we should encourage those around us to make responsible decisions. I think the general charge is that we are all guilty of this (in some form, not just regarding bottled water), or at the very least to turning a blind eye. moq_discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
