Dear Designer: If You Want to Make the World a Better Place, Start With Your Day Job

The problem with the percentage offset is compartmentalization. On Friday I think about doing good things. The rest of the week I’m cool. And if I do something that leaves a bad taste in my mouth on Wednesday, I’ll make up for it on Friday. Even if I don’t actually end up doing it on Friday, the idea that I could if I wanted to, or wasn’t too tired, makes me feel better about myself.

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here’s no way that saving 10% of the world while destroying 90% of it turns into anything close to a net positive.

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if you are earning a living somewhere that makes the world a worse place, there is absolutely nothing more important you can do than take a stand right there.

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Ethical offsets are bullshit.

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Posted on August 22, 2019