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I'll take predictions of doom I've been hearing since my childhood for $100 Alex.
by HenryKissinger 6y ago
I'll take predictions of doom I've been hearing since my childhood for $100 Alex.
- Cthulhu_ 6y agoWhen I was a kid it was acid rain and the hole in the ozone layer. Thankfully, thanks to legislation (reducing SO2 emissions for the acid rain, the Montreal Protocol banning the production of CFC's and co on the other) those issues have been resolved. What predictions of doom have you heard from your childhood that are still a thing? I mean climate change is still a thing, and it seems to take a lot more investments to resolve it.
- zikzak 6y agoAnd the constant threat of nuclear annihilation.
- paulryanrogers 6y agoPerhaps the game we're actually playing is generational musical chairs.
- adrianN 6y agoWe are right in the middle of a mass extinction event and continue to mess with systems we don't fully understand. How long do you think we can go on like this until it affects rich people in developed nations?
- eggsmediumrare 6y agoThe past is a only a good predictor of the future when the past resembles the present.
- TomSwirly 6y agoEmpty sarcasm is corrosive to adult conversations. Please avoid it in future.