Comment on Canon is Making Metalenses, Further Legitimizing the Technology

• h3mlocke@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Please shut up.

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  • 5BC2E7@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Stop whining

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    • h3mlocke@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Okay 👌

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• lefaucet@slrpnk.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  He didnt ask when companies will shift to making money. He asked when will companies shift to making things we need.

  Money is a useful tool, but it is not life sustaining by itself. Our species existed without money for longer than we’ve had money.

  What humans really need is a habitable planet where we can feed ourselves, have shelter and cultivate culture with others.

  Unfortunately the desire for money has disincentivised taking care of the ecosystem that provides food, protects us from solar radiation and keeps us and our crops from baking or freezing to death.

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  • 5BC2E7@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s wishful thinking to hope that companies will change their goals and prioritize whatever someone else says. Ultimately companies are trying to create profit by providing value. If we want them to change we need to understand what motivates a company. If someone “disagrees” and thinks reality should be something else, then no one is stopping them from forming a company and run it under those principles.

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    • lefaucet@slrpnk.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Agreed! I think your first paragraph was the commentor’s point, though I dunno

      It’s pretty sad that actually doing things to help our ecosystem is for the most part very unprofitable.

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      • 5BC2E7@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I think we need to address the problem by preventing companies from externalizing their costs. If they had to pay exactly as much as it cost to clean up the pollution they emit then they will actually internalize that cost and have financial incentives to decrease pollution. I am obviously oversimplifyng since the cost is not constant and this would create a financial incentive to create companies that remove/ filter pollutants more effectively and efficiently.

        It’s complicated because it requires international agreements but it’s a more realistic approach than thinking companies should do it because we need them to.

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