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Maybe it's time to talk about tech-free preserves established by international treaties. E.g.: sections of each continent and ocean can be declared tech free w
by badrabbit 7y ago
Maybe it's time to talk about tech-free preserves established by international treaties.
E.g.: sections of each continent and ocean can be declared tech free where modern technology is forbidden on earth,sea or land.
This is so we don't lose and forget the nature that forged the present.
- aalleavitch 7y agoMy knee jerk reaction to this was negative, but I really do think having some sense of preservation of the ways we lived in the past, for educational reasons if nothing else, is valuable. A living museum if you will.
- badrabbit 7y agoThe first thing I thought of is how microplastics are everywhere now. A preserve like the one I suggested would somewow ideally be protected even from things like that. Future researchers will have a good natural frame of reference to study various unnatural phenomena.
- mruts 7y agoMaybe we should each decide what we want to forget or not forget.
- badrabbit 7y agoHow so? It isn't for individuals but for future generations. Ever heard of UNHCR?