>> The more pressing question: Can we actually still do such projects in western democracies? > I sure hope not. Two sentences by the author dismissing environ

>> The more pressing question: Can we actually still do such projects in western democracies? > I sure hope not. Two sentences by the author dismissing environmental concerns isn't sufficient. That's typifies a problem I have with internet pseudo-"rationality." The world is messy and and composed of lots of legitimate, competing political interests. The only way you can hope to offer a simple, "rational" solution in a pithy blog post is by ignoring or handwaving away a huge amount alternate perspectives and history, which actually isn't rational at all. [1] The reason I bring this up is because the article is a blog post on LessWrong, which describes itself as "a place to 1) develop and train rationality, and 2) apply one’s rationality to real-world problems."