leftinthedark

you shoulda showed him your leg and claimed it has a mind of its own.

For the lazy.

If the product is free, you're the product.

Why does it matter, if the climate is warming, what a guy drives?

Fact is, we should take seriously the 99% of scientists who think the shit is going to hit the fan. Mocking your friend might make you feel better about the situation, but it doesn't make us all less fucked. Her point is simple: We need systemic changes (higher gas taxes, ability to sell back to power companies, investment in solar and wind.)

We're not going to get there changing our lightbulbs or feeling superior to people because of their consumption decisions.

Also, the data can shared. When a bunch of internet searches are combined with the GPS data from your car, a telling story emerges. We create more and more data - the more we give to a third party, the more the government can collect.

So, trade utility for data. Just don't give data to things with little or no utility.