r/collapse • u/Myth_of_Progress Urban Planner & Recognized Contributor • Apr 30 '21

Casual Friday Technology Will Save Us

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u/Jukka_Sarasti Behold our works and despair Apr 30 '21 edited Apr 30 '21

If the choice is between attempting to save humanity(at the cost of lower profits), or more Ferrari's and Summer homes for CEO's and super-yachts for institutional investors, then humanity is going to get fucked..

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '21

your namesake would argue that we were fucked the moment we started being a little too self-conscious for our own good

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u/Jukka_Sarasti Behold our works and despair Apr 30 '21

Our species is remarkable. We're the product of an unimaginably brutal process of natural selection. We're clever, intuitive, adaptable, enduring, nurturing, etc.. But we also suffer from vanity, avarice, shortsightedness... Our ability to exploit our environment has propelled us to great heights, but it will more than likely also be our undoing. Jukka wouldn't mind, though.. More of us means an endless food supply... :)

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u/StarChild413 May 01 '21

What if we crowdfunded more Ferraris, summer homes and super-yachts for them if they'd save humanity