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He's spot on about plastic. They recently discovered bacteria that can degrade it: http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/03/does-newly-discovered-bacteria-recycl

• tekacs 10y ago
  They money quote for me, especially relevant to the parent, is: 'The planet isn’t going anywhere. WE are!' (but yes, more generally short term thinking has to go both ways - we do things that damage the biosphere because we don't think ahead, but we also think far enough ahead to see the ways the planet (or even just our economy/ecosystem) will react - see plastic degrading bacteria, peak oil)