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> If an asteroid was about to direct hit in say 2029. Would society just argue on the internet and die? I think many people would deny the asteroid exists and
by ForHackernews 7y ago
> If an asteroid was about to direct hit in say 2029. Would society just argue on the internet and die?
I think many people would deny the asteroid exists and populists would claim it's a lie to put more money in the pockets of Big NASA government bureaucrats.
We might well die.
I think too many people are assuming that climate change will get worked out because previous threats to humanity have. As they say in investing, past performance does not predict future results.