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Malaria has killed so many people I don't really care if wiping them out starts a trophic cascade, it would probably still kill fewer people than malaria. If we
by galangalalgol 6y ago
Malaria has killed so many people I don't really care if wiping them out starts a trophic cascade, it would probably still kill fewer people than malaria. If we had to give up condors and bees, I'd still think it a fair trade.
- georgeam 6y agoWith the bees will go lots of foods that depend on them for pollination. Bees are very essential for agriculture.
- galangalalgol 6y agoActually very few of our foods, and none of our staple crops rely significantly on insects for pollination. Grapes for instance, can use insects but don't have significant problems in their absence.
- bijant 6y agoBees are just another legacy producer ripe for disruption. With recent Progress in AI and Drone technology the question isn’t if Bees get replaced by autonomous Nanobots but when.
- galangalalgol 6y agoI remember when I was a kid the EMP trucks went around to keep the nano swarms down, but most of us got bot-lung anyway. Even rogue nanoswarms are less worrisome than mosquitos as a vector.