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Re:Britain dances to JD Vance's tune as it renames AI institute by readthenotes1 on Thursday February 20, 2025 @05:33PM (#43121226)
What makes you think anything would have come of it? They wouldn't have known the dangers of leaded gasoline for another 70 years, for example.

When you say hold back economic growth, what you're really talking about is people dying from starvation.

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Re:Britain dances to JD Vance's tune as it renames AI institute by defrost on Thursday February 20, 2025 @06:56PM (#43122210)
> When you say hold back economic growth, what you're really talking about is people dying from starvation

Population expanded to eat the post WWII agricultural boom - economic growth apparently leads to more mouths at risk of starving.

Why not let populations match economic activity rather than create greater and greater problems with endless expansion and greater resource demands.

ie. You're taking as gospel something that needn't be.

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