Is offsetting your carbon emissions a good thing, or does offsetting make you feel free to emit more? Justin Sullivan/Getty
鈥淐limate compensation鈥 is in fashion. We see it everywhere: restaurants claim to be 鈥100% climate compensated鈥 and you can .
Psychologically, this speaks to people鈥檚 tendency to think that good deeds can compensate for harmful ones. Humans have long benefited from making up for the harm they cause others, and natural selection has not been kind to those who have failed to understand this basic rule in relationships. This has made the human…
