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How so many people if so poor? We know some areas will flood heavily, 100% chance, so why are there buildings there? People think about 'dams' and 'technology

How so many people if so poor? We know some areas will flood heavily, 100% chance, so why are there buildings there? People think about 'dams' and 'technology' when there obviously core issues of civic and social organization. What we see here is a problem of specific kinds of technology development that allow for mass increase in foodstuffs and other things, that fold over into civilizations that otherwise are not ready for the human capital that it creates. We think that 'weapons' are the things that disrupt developing areas when maybe it's 'modern farming'.

addicted 4y ago
Why are people in the US moving to Phoenix and Miami? One is gonna be buried under toxic dust from its dried out lake and the other will be permanently underwater. Why does New Orleans exist?
- jollybean 4y ago
  ? All those places are and will be just fine. New Orleans exists because those that live there are (mostly) organized and capable.
  - addicted 4y ago
    Ever heard of this thing called Katrina? That wasn’t even a dramatically extraordinary weather event but a complete failure on the part of your supposedly capable and organized people.
    - jollybean 4y ago
      Katrina was a rare event and New Orleans is just fine.
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