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(goose)Shit like this is exactly why failing to account for the negative externalities associated with anthropogenic biosphere collapse is so utterly shortsight
by nyc_data_geek1 2y ago
(goose)Shit like this is exactly why failing to account for the negative externalities associated with anthropogenic biosphere collapse is so utterly shortsighted and will ultimately be the death of us all. Every extinction is potentially a loss of knowledge we can't even conceive of yet, and how many medical advancements come from the flora and fauna of the Earth?
- kevindamm 2y agoIf we're taking that view, it's only fair to account for the # unique deaths as well.
- card_zero 2y agoThat doesn't add up, we're not dependent on medical innovations for human survival. They're just nice to have. But we got this far as a species and expanded into the billions even while enduring all kinds of cancer and leprosy and cholera and syphilis and measles and whatever.
- nyc_data_geek1 2y agoGood luck with the diseases of the future, when antibiotics are useless and we have no source for new therapies.