The small world questions | Seth’s Blog

Without a doubt, the world has become more connected, noisier and more complex. But along the way, we’re still applying our instincts from a century ago, from a planet of villages and different expectations.

Rhetorical questions worth considering as we think about what’s normal. Where does here end and there begin? Is there a line between freedom and responsibility?

Is it okay to:

• Drive at 80 mph in a school zone?
• Smoke on an airplane?
• Spam a list of email addresses?
• Use a gas-powered leaf blower?
• What if it’s against local regulations?
• Shoplift?
• Pirate an ebook?
• Ride a scooter on the sidewalk?
• Aggressively market addictive painkillers while concealing the dangers?
• Send kids to a school where they don’t learn to read or write?
• Dump garbage from your factory into the river? The atmosphere?
• Play loud music at midnight in your apartment?
• Not get a polio vaccine for kids?
• Actively fund construction on a new coal plant?

No right answers, but urgent questions at scale.