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Is this true? Ours is far less fragile than at any point in history. Our only long term threat is nuclear war.
by merpnderp 7y ago
Is this true? Ours is far less fragile than at any point in history. Our only long term threat is nuclear war.
- krapp 7y agoWe're on the edge of a global environmental collapse, and most of our civilization's knowledge is being kept on the internet of all places. Also, we were able to land men on the moon 50 years ago, and now that knowledge is basically gone, and the tapes lost, and people are starting to believe the Earth is flat and that the moon landing never even happened. Meanwhile, we can still read tax records from ancient Sumeria because they were carved into clay. Complex systems are always more fragile than simple ones. It seems to me like we've been standing on a house of cards for the last century.
- 8bitsrule 7y agoOur worst long-term threat is our inability to coordinate our efforts in order to save ourselves. This test is not graded, it's pass-fail.