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Have we truly been ready for any of humanity's technological developments? They tend to be very messy, and lead to all sorts of consequences few could predict.
by jamesgreenleaf 6y ago
Have we truly been ready for any of humanity's technological developments? They tend to be very messy, and lead to all sorts of consequences few could predict.
- kyriakos 6y agoWe somehow managed to survive nuclear weapons (so far). But imagine things as simple as a pathogen or invasive species from space the kind of mess it will create when a year later covid is still not under control.
- simonh 6y agoI’m not scared of space bugs. Bear in mind from its perspective, Earth life are the space bugs. There’s no reason to assume the space bug will win. In fact it’s very unlikely. On Earth we have a planet full of the results of 4bn years of competitive evolution. Put that against one single species resulting from evolution. The chances are at least one species on Earth will eat its lunch. Furthermore Earth life is customs tuned to the Earth environment, but the space bug is most likely optimised for a different environment.