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   Harld (harld@masto.ai)'s status on Monday, 21-Sep-2026 06:16:19 JST Harld

   Go paperless.

   • Ódio e Apatia :Ryyca: repeated this.
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     Snippety Snap (shansterable@ohai.social)'s status on Monday, 21-Sep-2026 18:34:04 JST Snippety Snap

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     @harld
     "Go paperless" was always a scam for businesses to save money on paper, printing, and postage.

     They were relentless in suggesting going paperless (still are) but never sent any messages about eliminating the CEO's jet.

     That's how we know it had nothing to do with saving the environment.

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     an actual bus (renardboy@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 21-Sep-2026 18:34:48 JST an actual bus

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     @harld I will keep mentioning the Jevons paradox until everybody understands what it is and how it works

     Making use of a resource more profitable increases the return on investment of exploiting that resource.

     So increased systems efficiency *increases*, not decreases, resource use.

     Unless your approach is to have a fixed expectation for capability and just optimize for lower and lower resource use to achieve that capability. Which is not how capitalism works, at all.

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     sheislaurence (sheislaurence@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 21-Sep-2026 18:39:11 JST sheislaurence

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     @harld if we could revive the #emailsignature: "this email was written using no #AI and saved 1,000 trees, 2 aquaspheres and 1 community in Southern Texas. Do you really need to use AI to reply? Think!"