4 ms·
That's a false sense of security. Change often starts with a lateral move, but one closer to the slope being acceptable.
by taborj 6y ago
That's a false sense of security. Change often starts with a lateral move, but one closer to the slope being acceptable.
- shadowgovt 6y agoGreat. Then we should keep an eye out for the actual thing that's down the slope. Forgoing useful technologies because a slope exists is like refusing to mine coal because the uranium nearby could some day be used to build atomic bombs.
- drivingmenuts 6y agoNeither of your example minerals are particularly healthy for humans, nor can they be made so without extreme efforts.
- shadowgovt 6y agoBut we can agree there's a world of difference. There isn't a massive international storage and handling agreement for coal and its waste products, and no country has ever been preemptively bombed over mining too much coal.