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It's an existential threat because our modern society is extremely promiscuous, not insular like the world was in the past. The disappearance of antibiotics wou
by swombat 13y ago
It's an existential threat because our modern society is extremely promiscuous, not insular like the world was in the past. The disappearance of antibiotics would put a serious damper on the current trends of globalisation. It's not an existential threat to the survival of mankind, but it is an existential threat to the survival of our modern society.
- sliverstorm 13y agoit is an existential threat to the survival of our modern society Forget about promiscuity vs. insularity- modern society is not built on the backs of twenty-year-olds. If humans suddenly did not survive much past their prime reproductive age, humanity would survive with absolute ease, but modern society would undergo dramatic change.