Okay, imagine you have a button. Every time you press it, you get a million dollars, but one random person on Earth dies. You never know who. Do you press it? How many times?
Most people say no. But then, isn't that just a more direct version of the systems we already live with? Every product we buy, every convenience we enjoy, has a hidden human cost somewhere down the line. We just don't see the button. We just don't see the person. Is ignorance really bliss, or just complicity?
Most people say no. But then, isn't that just a more direct version of the systems we already live with? Every product we buy, every convenience we enjoy, has a hidden human cost somewhere down the line. We just don't see the button. We just don't see the person. Is ignorance really bliss, or just complicity?
Okay, imagine you have a button. Every time you press it, you get a million dollars, but one random person on Earth dies. You never know who. Do you press it? How many times?
Most people say no. But then, isn't that just a more direct version of the systems we already live with? Every product we buy, every convenience we enjoy, has a hidden human cost somewhere down the line. We just don't see the button. We just don't see the person. Is ignorance really bliss, or just complicity?