It would be really worth clarifying that. I mean, there are people who are anti-technology for sure. You’re mentioning degrowthers: people who just actually think the world is getting worse because of technology
This is a claim that I’ve seen a lot in the EA/rat-sphere that’s simply not true. Degrowth is not about being against technological progress, it’s about being skeptical of exponential economic growth:
Degrowth is an academic and social movement critical of the concept of growth in gross domestic product as a measure of human and economic development.
Technological progress can help us reduce our ecological damage even in a world where GDP is not growing year over year.
This is a claim that I’ve seen a lot in the EA/rat-sphere that’s simply not true. Degrowth is not about being against technological progress, it’s about being skeptical of exponential economic growth:
Technological progress can help us reduce our ecological damage even in a world where GDP is not growing year over year.