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This makes me think of an older HN post (Unpopular Opinions in SF(?)), where the author said something like: “The people who think about the effects of climate
by ydnaclementine 8y ago
This makes me think of an older HN post (Unpopular Opinions in SF(?)), where the author said something like: “The people who think about the effects of climate change the most, more often than not, choose to live in places that would be first underwater (SF, NYC, etc).”
The point was about humans being bad at considering long term future changes, which affects everyone.
- bryanlarsen 8y agoThe estimated cost for a seawall to protect NYC from flooding is in the tens of billions. NYC isn't going to get flooded. Bangladesh OTOH...