Cameron Green
@camerongreen.org
This is my place for putting relatively unfiltered thougths. Unfiltered by worries about grandiosity or that I might come to think better of them in time. You can read my longer thoughts here https://camerongreen.org
The reason we are taught the history of our nations, rather than the history of how we wrested power from elites and came to have a vote, is that the former can be used to control us, and the latter would make us harder to control
November 23, 2025 at 2:19 AM
The reason we are taught the history of our nations, rather than the history of how we wrested power from elites and came to have a vote, is that the former can be used to control us, and the latter would make us harder to control
The urgency and scope of change often overwhelms the compassionate person, still we must focus on what good we can do, including helping build movements that might one day be significant enough to make change at the needed scale
November 20, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The urgency and scope of change often overwhelms the compassionate person, still we must focus on what good we can do, including helping build movements that might one day be significant enough to make change at the needed scale
People are locked into ways of being, financial and social, that are hard to escape from, but the only way we will solve the metacrisis is by people freeing themselves enough so that the way they live at least resembles an appropriate response to the metacrisis
November 19, 2025 at 11:56 AM
People are locked into ways of being, financial and social, that are hard to escape from, but the only way we will solve the metacrisis is by people freeing themselves enough so that the way they live at least resembles an appropriate response to the metacrisis
A question worth thinking about - Has the ever-increasing understanding of human psychology been used to further liberate or enslave us?
November 19, 2025 at 8:23 AM
A question worth thinking about - Has the ever-increasing understanding of human psychology been used to further liberate or enslave us?
I'm having trouble relating to people who have the keys to the library of Alexandria in their hands but have no interest in opening the door. Who see suffering and injustice, yet frame looking away as some celebration of their individual choice.
November 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I'm having trouble relating to people who have the keys to the library of Alexandria in their hands but have no interest in opening the door. Who see suffering and injustice, yet frame looking away as some celebration of their individual choice.
Capitalism is a paper-clip maximiser. In the guise of following rationality and human desires, it really follows its own irrational, inhuman mathematical logic
November 15, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Capitalism is a paper-clip maximiser. In the guise of following rationality and human desires, it really follows its own irrational, inhuman mathematical logic
When I see a great or important book sitting on a dusty shelf, I feel something like when i see a bird in a cage
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
When I see a great or important book sitting on a dusty shelf, I feel something like when i see a bird in a cage
I think the insecurity underlying the psychology of many of the more odious rich or famous people and their families is that if they were better people, they wouldn't have become rich or famous
November 10, 2025 at 6:20 AM
I think the insecurity underlying the psychology of many of the more odious rich or famous people and their families is that if they were better people, they wouldn't have become rich or famous
People wanting to implement radical change often justify, or mask the flaws of, their ideas by exaggerating the flaws of the current system and denying the possibility of meaningful reform. If the justification behind destabilising society is "anything is better than this", it is usually wrong
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
People wanting to implement radical change often justify, or mask the flaws of, their ideas by exaggerating the flaws of the current system and denying the possibility of meaningful reform. If the justification behind destabilising society is "anything is better than this", it is usually wrong
The divide of rationality between the religious and the secular might be less important than the one between those who accept the theory of evolution and those who won't. Believing in things that can't be proven is less of a barrier to shared progress than denying incredibly well proven facts.
November 9, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The divide of rationality between the religious and the secular might be less important than the one between those who accept the theory of evolution and those who won't. Believing in things that can't be proven is less of a barrier to shared progress than denying incredibly well proven facts.
I do not believe the 1% contains the bad people, and the 99% contains only good. Class-based analysis is relevant and necessary, as our material conditions alter our political viewpoints. Painting all members of one class as morally better or worse than another, however, is inaccurate and unhelpful
November 9, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I do not believe the 1% contains the bad people, and the 99% contains only good. Class-based analysis is relevant and necessary, as our material conditions alter our political viewpoints. Painting all members of one class as morally better or worse than another, however, is inaccurate and unhelpful
Many people point to how academia is too liberal. To warrant attention, though, something should not only be true in isolation but also important. Academics pale in political power compared to the press, social media etc. These are owned by avid capitalists from centre to right-wing positions.
November 6, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Many people point to how academia is too liberal. To warrant attention, though, something should not only be true in isolation but also important. Academics pale in political power compared to the press, social media etc. These are owned by avid capitalists from centre to right-wing positions.
Given that Socrates is no longer an option, I asked the AI oracles who was the wisest non-religious person alive today. Gemini listed @petersinger.info first, which would have been my pick too. It then followed with Nussbaum, Chomsky, Pinker, Harari and Atwood.
November 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Given that Socrates is no longer an option, I asked the AI oracles who was the wisest non-religious person alive today. Gemini listed @petersinger.info first, which would have been my pick too. It then followed with Nussbaum, Chomsky, Pinker, Harari and Atwood.
A lot of the world's problems come from too many of us taking our own small worlds too seriously and not taking the rest of the world, and this includes the world after us, seriously enough. To live a more ethical life, most people need to rebalance this equation
October 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
A lot of the world's problems come from too many of us taking our own small worlds too seriously and not taking the rest of the world, and this includes the world after us, seriously enough. To live a more ethical life, most people need to rebalance this equation
Most people don't know or understand the full extent of what animals endure in our farming systems, especially in our industrial farming systems. By advocating for animals, we empower people to become active moral agents in their lives
September 28, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Most people don't know or understand the full extent of what animals endure in our farming systems, especially in our industrial farming systems. By advocating for animals, we empower people to become active moral agents in their lives
As more of Trump's incompetence and bad character reveal themselves, honest, decent people who supported him have two choices. Admit they made a mistake, or keep losing parts of their own honesty and decency in order to maintain their continued support of him.
September 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
As more of Trump's incompetence and bad character reveal themselves, honest, decent people who supported him have two choices. Admit they made a mistake, or keep losing parts of their own honesty and decency in order to maintain their continued support of him.
Tiered taxation is the fairest taxation. Australia, like many wealthy countries, should bring back a higher tier. Use it to pay down debt.
July 29, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Tiered taxation is the fairest taxation. Australia, like many wealthy countries, should bring back a higher tier. Use it to pay down debt.
The basis of environmental economics: tax pollution, reward endeavour
July 19, 2025 at 3:38 AM
The basis of environmental economics: tax pollution, reward endeavour
People have a hard time imagining themselves beyond their role in capitalism. Start with recognising there is a lot of good which needs doing in the world, then choose the part of this you would like to use your energy and talent to address
July 8, 2025 at 3:44 AM
People have a hard time imagining themselves beyond their role in capitalism. Start with recognising there is a lot of good which needs doing in the world, then choose the part of this you would like to use your energy and talent to address
I don't care about the soap opera manufactured by Donald Trump. I care what people are doing to resist. Use your attention wisely
June 10, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I don't care about the soap opera manufactured by Donald Trump. I care what people are doing to resist. Use your attention wisely
Capitalism is a machine. It can do useful things, but it can't comprehend beauty, or justice
June 8, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Capitalism is a machine. It can do useful things, but it can't comprehend beauty, or justice
My discussion on the foundations of morality with @fluidroid.bsky.social on Don't Panic Yet (Resharing after I fixed social media sharing) camerongreen.org/t/interview-...
Interview - Philosophical Foundations
The second release from the discussion between Simon and me. This one is more philosophical and focused on where morality comes from, why we should care about morality and so on. Hopefully you feel th...
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June 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
My discussion on the foundations of morality with @fluidroid.bsky.social on Don't Panic Yet (Resharing after I fixed social media sharing) camerongreen.org/t/interview-...
If humanity manages to survive our current growing pains, we will look back on moments like the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Darwin's On the Origin of Species as key moments in humanity's transition from childhood to adolescence. If...
May 22, 2025 at 3:34 AM
If humanity manages to survive our current growing pains, we will look back on moments like the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Darwin's On the Origin of Species as key moments in humanity's transition from childhood to adolescence. If...
Markets should be as free as possible, but no freer
May 19, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Markets should be as free as possible, but no freer
Inequality is a spiral; those accruing power and resources at the same time accrue a greater ability to manipulate the political system towards their own interests; to support political equality, one should also support limiting high material inequality
May 15, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Inequality is a spiral; those accruing power and resources at the same time accrue a greater ability to manipulate the political system towards their own interests; to support political equality, one should also support limiting high material inequality