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I don't think it's all that ridiculous, it's over 80 years in the future. 80 years ago we were dying of all sorts of [now] easily preventable and curable diseas
by jonknee 10y ago
I don't think it's all that ridiculous, it's over 80 years in the future. 80 years ago we were dying of all sorts of [now] easily preventable and curable diseases. Penicillin was not used until 1942!
- M_Grey 10y agoAnd now it's practically useless. It's not a one-sided battle we're in, and we're heavily outnumbered.
- jonknee 10y agoThe point was that so much has changed in the previous ~80 years that I don't think it's ridiculous to think things will be radically different ~80 years into the future.
- M_Grey 10y agoBarring universally available, and highly advanced nanotech, it's ridiculous to think that all diseases will be "tackled" in ~80 years. In that same time frame it's much more likely that we'll be tackling issues of how to maintain a semblance of civilization, not achieving utopia.