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by NoraCodes 14 days ago
TFA does not say that it is impossible to make better choices, but also, you cannot "better choices" yourself out of complicity with poor labor practices in colonized nations or environmental damage from farms and oil; not entirely.
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Your sentence doesn’t parse. Can you reword?
Sure! I agree with the comment's point as I understand it, but I don't think that point is counter to what the linked article means to convey. I think the article's intended point is that, for most people in rich countries, reducing the amount of harm they are complicit in by doing basic life functions (eating, seeking shelter, clothing themselves) is pretty hard and has significant diminishing returns on increasing effort. Choosing not to use AI is easier, almost trivial for most people, and therefore should be an obvious choice.