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by nyc_data_geek1 4y ago
Citation needed
- tick_tock_tick 4y agoThat our ability to change the world is increasing? I mean we are clearly affecting it more then we ever had in the past. Or do you want a citation from the future?
- hamburglar 4y agoI think we’ve demonstrated that we can change the world in unintended ways, whereas your “meh” above assumes we can change it in intended ways.
- hyperbovine 4y agoI think (s)he was referring part about how we'll "definitely" know how to fix it before it's too late.
- masklinn 4y ago> (s)he English has a perfectly cromulent singular neutral, no need for that.
- irrational 4y agoBut, we always affect it in negative ways. Our ability to change the world in negative ways says nothing about our ability to ever fix it since we have absolutely no experience doing that.
- gcanyon 4y agoNot always. We mostly fixed the ozone hole. Acid rain is largely gone from North America. Rivers in much of the world are much cleaner than they were in the last half of the 20th century. Air quality has likewise improved in many places. I think that as areas achieve a certain level of plenty, their focus shifts from shorter-term thinking to longer-term thinking. And most places around the world are reaching that tipping point.
- nyc_data_geek1 4y agolet me know when we figure out how to reverse mass extinction