If Anthropology had Particle Physics money we could build an atlatl big enough to kill cities and hold the world ransom until they read one goddamn ethnography about the effect of capitalism on literally anyone.
There's an article floating around demanding an end to anthropology conventions on climate grounds. The reasoning is that flying everyone to one place is expensive, causes pollution, and is often inaccessible and we could do better using modern technology like video comms.
If Anthropology had Particle Physics money we could build an atlatl big enough to kill cities and hold the world ransom until they read one goddamn ethnography about the effect of capitalism on literally anyone.
if anthropologists had been paying attention to the trends they would realise that the world would take death rather than stopping killing themselves
There's an article floating around demanding an end to anthropology conventions on climate grounds. The reasoning is that flying everyone to one place is expensive, causes pollution, and is often inaccessible and we could do better using modern technology like video comms.
taking a train would probably cause less polution than the streaming servers for video comms
It's America. People can't afford to take four to five days just for travelling to and from the event.
If we had high-speed cross country rail you'd be spot on.
I assumed anthropology conventions were work events
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