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The exact kind of thinking that got us into this mess in the first place.
by s_kilk 7y ago
The exact kind of thinking that got us into this mess in the first place.
- chr1 7y agoIf by "this mess" you mean civilisation in general, then yes, civilisation and science have originated in places where people had to make large scale changes to environment to survive (mesopotamia, egypt, etc.). But then "this mess" is much better than the alternative of small tribes living as hunter gatherers, until planet would run out of CO2 in 600mln years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_future https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_future
- panzagl 7y agoAnd this is why some many people dismiss climate change as just noise- 'Climate change will kill us all'- 'then we should plant trees here'- 'we can't do that- think of the cacti and gerbils' If climate change is really something that needs OMG now levels of response you can't then dismiss every response on philosophical reasons.