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This is a great tool to explain how unaware we usually are of the environment that has so many implications for us. But I'd like to see this go one step furthe
by uniqueuid 5y ago
This is a great tool to explain how unaware we usually are of the environment that has so many implications for us.
But I'd like to see this go one step further: How about we measure this continuously to see whether awareness drops?
That might show that (a) humans are getting more or less aware (I guess we grow more aware since information diffusion has grown immensely) and (b) the world gets more complex and thus harder to be aware of (pretty sure on this one, see reflexive modernity)
- strstr 5y agoPretty sure this is something specific to “modern” places. I’m on vacation for a few days in the middle of nowhere Alaska and most of these questions are easier to answer for this spot than where I live. A few are harder “After the rain runs off your roof, where does it go?” (What’s rain? It’s -30f here…). Also the invasive species questions (Do any of them survive?)