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Black swan events extreme enough to push our normal operating infrastructure to the limit are very hard to prepare for efficiently and effectively. Preparing fo
by wmeredith 7y ago
Black swan events extreme enough to push our normal operating infrastructure to the limit are very hard to prepare for efficiently and effectively. Preparing for them to double up is likely a fool's errand. This is obviously cold comfort if we have an extinction level event on the heels of a pandemic, but at some point you have to just accept your fate.
- NateEag 7y agoTill shade is gone, Till water is gone, Into the shadow with teeth bared, Screaming defiance with the last breath, To spit in Sightblinder's eye on the last day. I suppose the Mark Watney "Keep solving problems" is more in keeping with the HN zeitgeist. Ah well.
- klyrs 7y agoI'm not worried about extinction-level events -- more like the 100-year earthquakes and hurricanes that are improbable in any one place but somewhat frequent on a global scale... things like hurricane Katrina