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06-03-2018, 11:04 AM | #11662 (permalink) | ||
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06-03-2018, 11:07 AM | #11663 (permalink) |
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No but I know a few people affected by the evacuation that got eased. I think it's out now, I'm not seeing any updates.
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06-03-2018, 11:08 AM | #11664 (permalink) | |
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I've got this friend who's really a smart guy, but holy **** we disagree on some things. We once had a conversation about oil running out and alternative energy. He shrugged off any potential upcoming problems with the platitude that of course scientific advances will just magically dump into our lap right on schedule and save us (paraphrasing here). I can barely contain my impulse to choke people with this attitude. Sure, let's set fire to the whole building. I'm sure Batman will come, so no need to stop smoking in bed. |
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06-03-2018, 11:09 AM | #11665 (permalink) | ||
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06-03-2018, 11:11 AM | #11666 (permalink) | ||
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OH, nobody knows the future and nobody ever will. That's why its important to balance your pessimistic outlook with what's actually going on in technology and related fields. Hundreds of millions more will likely die from various fallout of some of our current environmental woes before enough new paradigms are in place, but that doesn't mean they won't come to be. Science isn't a religion to worship, but its honestly the only redeemable thing about human beings in regards to our potential as a species. Should we put science and tech on its own curve and look at how we are making jumps in two years that would have taken ten years previously? Look at information technology and how far its come in only two decades. Its ****ing mindboggling.
Secondly....https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/01/c...le-energy.html You could do a whole 'nother set of breakdowns just based on the falling costs of renewables.
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06-03-2018, 11:23 AM | #11667 (permalink) | |
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06-03-2018, 11:30 AM | #11668 (permalink) | ||
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I call it "practical". You seem to think humanity is just ****ed, no exceptions. I think humanity will inevitably reach the next level but a lot of people will die during the transition. For example, even though it appears that most of what Ray Kurzweil talks about in regards to solar energy and tech are awesome and will happen unless a meteor wipes us out tomorrow, at best we're still over a decade away from the free market reflecting that reality. Are the signs there? Yeah. Am I going to personally benefit before I'm 40? That's a trickier bet.
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06-03-2018, 11:35 AM | #11669 (permalink) | ||
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Edit: And even then, I'm not that certain we are ****ed. Eventually, I'm sure we'll cease to exist.
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