@jalefkowit Eeyupp...

#Midgley is what happens if #ElonMusk was actually an inventor and had actual skills but lived in the 1920s.

@lupusalex @dehade

#Midgley hat auch #FCKW zu verantworten, und bis heute is bleihaltiger Flugzeugtreibstoff nicht global verboten!
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Midgley
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/AvGas#Spezifikationen

Your occasional reminder that Mary Midgley's book "The Myths We Live By" is #OpenAccess and you should read it.

"We are accustomed to think of myths as the opposite of science. But in fact they are a central part of it: the part that decides its significance in our lives. So we very much need to understand them."

#Philosophy #Midgley

#NYT: The Brilliant Inventor Who Made Two of History’s Biggest Mistakes

A century ago, Thomas #Midgley Jr. was responsible for two phenomenally destructive innovations. What can we learn from them today?

By Steven Johnson

#Technology #Risk #Uncertainty #Longtermism #Chlorofluorocarbons #LeadedGasoline

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/15/magazine/cfcs-inventor.html?unlocked_article_code=J1hZzJF5La3MzRUaDKXnqqgsvJQmqhoKDuG6y8k2ddA4Nb-gH_f9B9DRjlvo6fUH13oA3OauKxnPZTPCVRrYHSl7QY50PWzUMy3hrFMr5Cgq3DNHEIvboojFjmqd2OSxGoocGAs_mSFEgEbOQitdEkiOBYyzqJqPgvovDDt2_3VDO-LUlnAeLsowZ0cnW-OOrbkIU_coWhARxboWZyzhBFU4734lP6r4wXaFK0ioawNZb8Vf_BG3DVbqZbkkhoPyknxkvObRKn-rwpRfQyL1xbOMDq3m9_WFcOIjs99gjFhKO9kH4uDBlwK9rWlpjUTCa217WsuxtwQ&smid=url-share

"Myths are not lies. Nor are they detached stories. They are imaginative patterns, networks of powerful symbols that suggest particular ways of interpreting the world."

#Midgley #Philosophy

Your regular public service announcement that philosopher Mary Midgley's book The Myths We Live By is #OpenAccess.

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/10.4324/9780203480922/myths-live-mary-midgley

#Midgley #Philosophy