> ive said this before but we have min-maxed our economy to optimize for profit. We may be entering the reaping phase of that now.

Expanding the scope beyond the economy, one could certainly make the claim that the Age of Consequences is upon us, and that William Gibsons "Jackpot" isn't far off either. We're increasingly and collectively impacted by the fallout from decades of bad decisions.

Age of consequences, indeed.

It really does feel like we (humanity) are on the precipice of something. We're smack in the middle of an era that entire books will be written about. I really don't like thinking about the decades to come and what kind of world our grandchildren will have.

Who would imagine that optimising for profit and profit alone would result in such a fragile ecosystem?

Sorry for the sarcasm.

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