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Re:Smartphone sales fall for the first time, says Gartner by malloryerik on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @06:46AM (#16482321)
All fascinating, though I can't believe that we'll have devastating general famines. Agriculture is a technical problem, and the trend has been increased yields and decreasing prices, despite the many awful choices we've made at times.

Solar energy, cheap desalination and bioscience are likely to make food ever cheaper and more abundant, wouldn't you think?

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Re:Smartphone sales fall for the first time, says Gartner by dredmorbius on Wednesday February 28, 2018 @01:39PM (#16485451)
Correction: Agriculture is an ecological problem. Technology is one subset of it.

A useful concept comes from the domain of navigation:

"The Art of ship handling involves the effective use of forces under control to overcome the effect of forces not under control."

- Charles H. Cotter

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Re:Smartphone sales fall for the first time, says Gartner by malloryerik on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @04:20AM (#16535227)
Sure, point taken.
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