2 ms·
The metaphor that comes to mind is "Pacific Rim": we're being attacked by invisible kaiju but we're not building giant robots to fight them because they're invi
by carapace 4y ago
The metaphor that comes to mind is "Pacific Rim": we're being attacked by invisible kaiju but we're not building giant robots to fight them because they're invisible. They're saying "let's use radar to locate the monsters and build robots to be ready to fight them".
But the "monsters" are things like floods, wildfires, tsunamis, etc.
> the Hazard Definition and Classification
Review, ... outlined over 300 hazard types that
can contribute to disasters (UNDRR, 2020a). They
include common events such as storms and floods
and also less-frequent events such as pandemics
and chemical accidents.
https://www.undrr.org/publication/global-assessment-report-disaster-risk-reduction-2022 https://www.undrr.org/publication/global-assessment-report-d...
And the giant robots are things like better communication, insurance, and paying a little attention.
- aeturnum 4y agoExactly - though I think I would go even further with the metaphor and say this report is pointing out that we can see the Kaiju on the radar right now but we are choosing not to build the robots! So it is warning that, given the Kaiju we can foresee, the projected output of our industry is going to dip into the negative.