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This kind of pessimism is not justified, environmental conditions near most large cities are much better than were in 50s, serious issues from climate change th
by chr1 7y ago
This kind of pessimism is not justified, environmental conditions near most large cities are much better than were in 50s, serious issues from climate change that can cause dark age are predicted to happen only after this century, if we keep doing what we are doing now, but by that time we'll have so many new technologies, that these predictions would look as unrealistic as the predictions from 1894 that "In 50 years, every street in London will be buried under nine feet of manure".
- chr1 7y agoVernor Vinge actually tells an interesting analogy in the last part of the video: the parable of blind tribe and the wise man. The blind sage of a blind tribe, gathers everyone and says, "my friends, i have found that we are living at the edge of the precipice, run for your lives!"