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> They were being responsible at the time. Another strong contender for humanity's future epitaph.

• hammock 3y ago
  Remember hindsight is 20/20. If capitalists were as risk-averse as some would like, we'd be stuck in the past forever
  • morelisp 3y ago
    > we'd be stuck in the past forever You say this like it's self-evident it's a bad thing, but it's not, even if I'm a middle-class white guy in 1975, let alone an Oneida in 1475.
  • notpachet 3y ago
    I get annoyed with comments like yours that reach for absolutisms to try and make a point. No, we wouldn't be stuck in the past "forever". We may just move more slowly into the future than you would prefer. Given our historic inability to predict the long-term externalities of present-day technologies, I'd say a more cautious approach is warranted compared to the current YOLO strategy. The only way the human race becomes stuck in the past forever is if it goes extinct.