> I listened, I cared, for years. Then I stopped. Please don't take my comment a... | Hacker News

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		perfunctory on July 4, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Insect Apocalypse German Bug Watchers Sound Alarm > I listened, I cared, for years. Then I stopped. Please don't take my comment as a personal attack. I am really wondering if you could elaborate on what you mean by "cared" and "stopped"? From my own experience, once you make some profound (permanent) changes to your lifestyle it's not even that easy to just stop and go back any more.

foobar1962 on July 4, 2019 [–]

> How can I continue caring when everyone around me exploits the way things are and gets ahead because of it?

Nice guys finish last. The tragedy of the commons. Etc.

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