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WaitButWhy's "The Story of Us" (https://waitbutwhy.com/2019/08/story-of-us.html https://waitbutwhy.com/2019/08/story-of-us.html), in particular "The Sick Giant"
by asciimike 7y ago
WaitButWhy's "The Story of Us" (https://waitbutwhy.com/2019/08/story-of-us.html https://waitbutwhy.com/2019/08/story-of-us.html), in particular "The Sick Giant" (https://waitbutwhy.com/2020/01/sick-giant.html https://waitbutwhy.com/2020/01/sick-giant.html), provides a really good explanation of what might be going on here.