Re:Man who shoveled new channel into Lake Michigan convicted
by akira2501 on Monday February 12, 2024 @12:02AM
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> to impose manifest destiny on whatever part of nature that happened to irk us that day.
To use available technology and information of the day in an attempt to improve outcomes for millions of people.
> It killed more than 100 people
I guess that doesn't "irk" some people. I suppose they've adopted a mindset that the dead somehow "deserved" it for some imagined choice they made, or that humanity as a whole "deserves" to be doomed.
> as a testament to the hubris of man
Engineering is an act of compromise. One that has mostly worked in our favor. You can either give up because we are incapable of perfection or you can dig in and try to make the next incremental improvement.
To use available technology and information of the day in an attempt to improve outcomes for millions of people.
> It killed more than 100 people
I guess that doesn't "irk" some people. I suppose they've adopted a mindset that the dead somehow "deserved" it for some imagined choice they made, or that humanity as a whole "deserves" to be doomed.
> as a testament to the hubris of man
Engineering is an act of compromise. One that has mostly worked in our favor. You can either give up because we are incapable of perfection or you can dig in and try to make the next incremental improvement.
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2024-02-08/lives-s...