Re:Rainwater everywhere on the planet is unsafe to drink due...
by nonrandomstring on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @10:20AM
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From a certain perspective maybe. But I think that would be one
coloured by a narrow mentality [0]
In a "purely mercenary reality", what you need to survive is not
wealth, but peace, and that is something you cannot buy with many of
the futures we're now looking at.
In a funny way, PFAS is a great metaphor. Forever chemicals have now
been found in places nobody would ever have predicted. Bad things have
a way of spreading in ways you won't see until they're at the gate.
It might not be a good idea to bet the farm on isolationism and
exceptionalism.
In a "purely mercenary reality", what you need to survive is not wealth, but peace, and that is something you cannot buy with many of the futures we're now looking at.
In a funny way, PFAS is a great metaphor. Forever chemicals have now been found in places nobody would ever have predicted. Bad things have a way of spreading in ways you won't see until they're at the gate. It might not be a good idea to bet the farm on isolationism and exceptionalism.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_mentality