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Timescale, and immediacy of the threat. Humans are not good at long timescale thinking. BTW I don't think these things need to be mutually exclusive. We should
by dharma1 7y ago
Timescale, and immediacy of the threat. Humans are not good at long timescale thinking.
BTW I don't think these things need to be mutually exclusive. We should take action against all kinds of threats
- yogthos 7y agoObviously we should take action against all kinds of threats. My point is that the reaction to this virus is completely disproportional to the level of the threat. Meanwhile, lack of reaction to an actual existential threat we're facing in the near future is utterly terrifying.