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This document appears to be page 4 of a manuscript for a book titled 'Future Science,' edited by Max Brockman and scheduled for publication in August 2011. The text discusses the psychology of 'environmental guilt' and consumer behavior, referencing sustainable seafood, carbon offsets, and various eco-guides. It bears a 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT' Bates stamp, suggesting it was part of document production for a congressional investigation, likely related to Jeffrey Epstein's connections to the scientific community (Brockman is associated with the Edge Foundation).
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| Max Brockman | Editor |
Listed as the editor of the forthcoming book 'Future Science'.
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| J. Jacquet | Author/Researcher |
Cited in footnote 5 regarding conserving wild fish.
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| C. Crawford | Author/Journalist |
Cited in footnote 6 regarding the article 'Green with Worry'.
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| Vintage Press |
Publisher located in New York.
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| Christian Science Monitor |
Newspaper cited for headlines.
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Newspaper cited for headlines.
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Publication cited in footnote.
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| House Oversight Committee |
Implied by the Bates stamp 'HOUSE_OVERSIGHT'.
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Location where shoppers use rulers to measure fish.
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Location where shoppers refuse imported blueberries.
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Source of imported blueberries mentioned in text.
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Future Science edited by Max Brockman, Vintage Press
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"The problem is that environmental guilt, while it may well lead to conspicuous ecomarkets, does not seem to elicit conspicuous results."Source
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"Just as the devout purchased guilt-alleviating papal indulgences in the Middle Ages, guilt-ridden consumers today buy carbon offsets, LED light bulbs, and hybrid cars"Source
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Forthcoming (August 2011) Future Science edited by Max Brockman, Vintage Press, New York.
Here are just a few recent headlines from major newspapers: "HOLY MACKEREL AND OTHER
GUILT-FREE FISH" (New York Times), "GUILT-FREE SUSHI" (Christian Science Monitor), "COD
AND CHIPS? MAKE IT POLLOCK IN GUILT-FREE GUIDE TO SEAFOOD" (The Times of London), and
"A GOOD APPETITE; SEAFOOD, EASY AND GUILT-FREE" (New York Times).
GUILT-FREE FISH" (New York Times), "GUILT-FREE SUSHI" (Christian Science Monitor), "COD
AND CHIPS? MAKE IT POLLOCK IN GUILT-FREE GUIDE TO SEAFOOD" (The Times of London), and
"A GOOD APPETITE; SEAFOOD, EASY AND GUILT-FREE" (New York Times).
It is perhaps unsurprising that a set of tools has emerged to assuage this guilt and, in the
case of seafood, reform the appetite.⁵ These tools aim to divert demand from one type of seafood
toward another. Wallet cards, iPhone apps, and eco-labels tell consumers which fish ought to be
and ought not to be eaten. Shoppers in Europe have been given rulers, so that they can measure
fish and avoid buying juveniles.
case of seafood, reform the appetite.⁵ These tools aim to divert demand from one type of seafood
toward another. Wallet cards, iPhone apps, and eco-labels tell consumers which fish ought to be
and ought not to be eaten. Shoppers in Europe have been given rulers, so that they can measure
fish and avoid buying juveniles.
Guilt abounds in many situations where conservation is an issue, not just in the response
to overfishing. Harried by guilt, one mother reuses her daughter's bathwater for her own bath.
Los Angeles shoppers refuse to buy blueberries imported from Chile, because of the fuel
consumed in shipping them. Another woman feels guilty about the natural habitat lost to cocoa
cultivation and refuses to buy chocolate, prompting her husband to say that she took the joy out
of his Almond Joy.⁶ Just as the devout purchased guilt-alleviating papal indulgences in the
Middle Ages, guilt-ridden consumers today buy carbon offsets, LED light bulbs, and hybrid cars
and can be guided to something approaching sanctimony by books like The Virtuous Consumer,
The Rough Guide to Shopping with a Conscience, and The Eco Chick Guide to Life: How to Be
Fabulously Green.
to overfishing. Harried by guilt, one mother reuses her daughter's bathwater for her own bath.
Los Angeles shoppers refuse to buy blueberries imported from Chile, because of the fuel
consumed in shipping them. Another woman feels guilty about the natural habitat lost to cocoa
cultivation and refuses to buy chocolate, prompting her husband to say that she took the joy out
of his Almond Joy.⁶ Just as the devout purchased guilt-alleviating papal indulgences in the
Middle Ages, guilt-ridden consumers today buy carbon offsets, LED light bulbs, and hybrid cars
and can be guided to something approaching sanctimony by books like The Virtuous Consumer,
The Rough Guide to Shopping with a Conscience, and The Eco Chick Guide to Life: How to Be
Fabulously Green.
The problem is that environmental guilt, while it may well lead to conspicuous
ecomarkets, does not seem to elicit conspicuous results. One supermarket chain introduced signs
at the fish counter to show the most and least sustainable seafood: Sales of the green-tagged
ecomarkets, does not seem to elicit conspicuous results. One supermarket chain introduced signs
at the fish counter to show the most and least sustainable seafood: Sales of the green-tagged
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⁵ J. Jacquet, et al., "Conserving wild fish in a sea of market based efforts," Oryx 44:1, 45-56 (2010).
⁶ C. Crawford, "Green with Worry," San Francisco Magazine, February 2008.
⁵ J. Jacquet, et al., "Conserving wild fish in a sea of market based efforts," Oryx 44:1, 45-56 (2010).
⁶ C. Crawford, "Green with Worry," San Francisco Magazine, February 2008.
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