Europe's Resistance to Air Conditioning Technology
By
paulpauper
Slow-proofed and worth the wait. Worth its weight in flour.
Summary
The article argues against Europe's resistance to air conditioning, using an anecdote about a Pacific island tribesman's lack of reaction to modern technology as a metaphor for how societies should embrace technological progress rather than fear it. The author contends that adopting foreign technologies, while initially frightening, is what ultimately makes societies wealthy and advanced, and criticizes Europe's anti-AC stance as counterproductive to modernization and comfort.
Key quotes
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What was this strange, unnaturally shaped object, made of strange unknown materials, and potentially possessing magical powers? Didn't he wonder?
Europe's crusade against air conditioning is insane
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