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I suspect this is more true than we realize. I have this idea that if one of us were talking to a bill and ted from 2200 or so, one of their questions would be
by wredcoll 1y ago
I suspect this is more true than we realize.
I have this idea that if one of us were talking to a bill and ted from 2200 or so, one of their questions would be something like "so 40,000+ people died in america alone from car crashes, and everyone knew this and just ignored it???"
It's amazing what you get used to.
- necovek 1y agoI don't think anyone discussing today is saying things like "wow, kids died from diphtheria in 1900, everyone knew this and just ignored it?" So really, people in 2200 will talk the same way we do today: "oh, look at all the advances we made that reduced personal transport deaths from 40k people to 1k". Humans have been assuming risk to gain particular value since we've existed, so only unaware people would say that we are ignoring it (or you wouldn't have the numbers to run your agenda in an unrelated discussion).
- ArekDymalski 1y agoI think people in 2200 will be looking at us the same way we look at the 1940ies folk with their "doctors smoke Camels" ad. Mix of indulgence, contempt and commiseration.
- ochrist 1y agoIt's a stretch to say that everybody just ignored it, when a lot of things were invented and implemented like seatbelts, speed limits etc.