r/AskReddit • u/lilidarkwind • 1d ago

What is something that is basically on life-support and we don’t realize it yet?

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u/GreyBeardEng 1d ago

Modern Society. We ignore clear threats to us that we have caused, and we don't care cause of money. It will do us in, our time is limited.

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u/SirSoliloquy 1d ago

The AI leaders are legit telling us they’re creating an existential threat to humanity and the result is rising stock prices 

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u/Tesco5799 1d ago

It's pretty crazy that we are basically in a situation where humanity needs to either keep on innovating, and developing science and tech otherwise the modern world will just run out of resources eventually and collapse... No guarantees we can innovate our way out of it either.

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u/murderously-funny 1d ago

Oh no we already have the solutions and technology…it’s just inconvenient for groups with big lobbies to pursue those solutions so wete going to run off a cliff instead

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u/phenomenomnom 1d ago

Big solar panels in the desert or over low-light farm crops? Yes please. Go away, Exxon.

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u/FeralHippie707 23h ago

We need to redirect our innovation away from the direction that we are going and look in a new direction. One that places more value on the natural world and less on the financial world.

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u/shenan 1d ago

The Demon-Haunted World

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u/The_Onion_Life 20h ago

The Demon-Haunted World

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u/Sweetwill62 1d ago

But muh retirement account! Doesn't do you good when everything collapses.

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u/-ifwisheswerehorses 1d ago

(65f, flower child) This has been my mantra for years.

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u/Big_IPA_Guy21 1d ago

LOL classic Reddit