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It's an old demon. Ironically it's one of the few things that could have prevented our current climate crisis. A great tragedy of human hubris.
by TrispusAttucks 5y ago
It's an old demon. Ironically it's one of the few things that could have prevented our current climate crisis. A great tragedy of human hubris.
- dehrmann 5y agoIt's more throwing the baby out with the bathwater than hubris.
- TrispusAttucks 5y agohu·bris (noun) excessive pride or self-confidence -- I'd say it fits but yours [1] is a better known characterization. I was using it in the tradition of [2] Greek Tragedy Hubris. "The overbearing pride which leads humans to follow paths or projects which lead to certain self-destruction." [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_throw_the_baby_out_with_the_bathwater https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_throw_the_baby_out_wit... [2] http://theatreofancientgreece.blogspot.com/2014/11/hubris-or-hybris.html http://theatreofancientgreece.blogspot.com/2014/11/hubris-or...?