[FollowingTheDao]

> it’s just a fundamental problem in science and engineering.

In my opinion is is a problem not of science and engineering, but of human greed.

We do not need these products, we want them. As a species we did fine without them but suddenly in the last 100 years we need the so desperately?

Adding, no one can give me a response, just downvotes. Why is the aversion to speaking about greed so strong here on hacker news?

[pizlonator]

Greed is always part of it. It’s a part of everything.

Thats why I don’t usually use greed as an explanation for stuff. Of course greed is part of the system and sometimes it causes bad things to happen. Sometimes it also causes good things to happen. So, if you want to prevent the bad, it’s useful to look for some explanation that isn’t just “greed”.

[FollowingTheDao]

> Greed is always part of it. It’s a part of everything.

That statement is doing allot of heavy lifting.

Greed: excessive or rapacious desire, especially for wealth or possessions.

That definition of greed is certainly not a part of everything in my life.

Can you name something that that greed leads to something good happening?