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While there is some truth in your statement, a lot of unintended consequences only show up after considerable time and at scale, and then only if you know where
by endymi0n 5y ago
While there is some truth in your statement, a lot of unintended consequences only show up after considerable time and at scale, and then only if you know where to look.
The original steam engines standing in as a pilot project didn‘t do much to the atmosphere. Billions of combustion engines did.
The great insect apocalypse went almost unnoticed until two decades in and an order of magnitude of change.
- ncmncm 5y agoYet, the one thing that has consistently and reliably failed throughout the history of mankind is doing nothing.
- woofie11 5y agoIndeed... * All the potential wars where nations had a disagreement, but did nothing. * All the chemical and biological weapons nations might have built, but didn't. * ... And I'm sure glad we built universal surveillance systems.
- timeon 5y ago* ... * All the fossil fuel that might have been burned, but wasn't.