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Short term value and thinking.
by codesushi42 7y ago
Short term value and thinking.
- airstrike 7y agoCause who needs to pay employees and invest on future research, amirite?
- codesushi42 7y agoYou really think drug companies do either of those things adequately right now? That's a hoot.
- maxerickson 7y agoThe earth teems with people, we can do more than one thing at time. And short term value is still…value.
- codesushi42 7y agoJust like extracting oil shale. Or mining "clean" coal instead of investing in alternatives. Gotcha.
- maxerickson 7y agoThe apparent downside of burning carbon is much greater than the downside of developing drugs that will eventually become less useful.
- codesushi42 7y agoThey're not just less useful. You're creating new superbugs in the process. Meanwhile, rainforests are disappearing, which likely have plants that offer sustainable solutions. You're heading down an unwinnable path with antibiotics, and creating new superbugs. You're running out of time to discover a real fix, because rainforests are rapidly disappearing. So yeah, the analogy is apt.