@Phil people can make their own choices, but choices have externalities. if we can persuade ourselves that the good life looks like a penthouse in a new dense neighborhood rather than a mansion sprawled in tony suburbs, if we typically aspire to the former, less-resource-intensive life, we’re collectively richer. 1/

@Phil this isn’t an individual admonishment. i know that you prefer distance. that’s fine! people’s preferences vary, vive la difference. but when we’re promoting, we should prefer the choices that compose to good outcomes if nearly everyone were to make them. /fin