not actually. you can use the kelly criterion here as elsewhere. in a time of great change, the only wrong move is to take no risk. a static strategy will surely perish.
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you live only once. yet your actions ripple in eternity. with respect to "life is a gain function" here are three excellent references. https://www.amazon.com/What-Life-Lynn-Margulis/dp/0520220218 … https://www.amazon.com/What-Life-Matter-Autobiographical-Sketches/dp/B07M6ZSYS2/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=what+is+life&qid=1588860956&s=books&sr=1-1 … https://www.amazon.com/Sociobiology-New-Synthesis-Twenty-Fifth-Anniversary/dp/0674002350/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=eo+wilson+sociobiology&qid=1588861000&s=audible&sr=1-1-catcorr …
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Okay, when I say geoengineering I mean giant projects like solar shades. Those are not kelly bets, because it's not like you can leave some part of the system untouched
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my specific plan is loft nanopowdered Himalayan and Peruvian salt off their respective plateaus into the jet stream in order to temporarily reduce albedo & alter the electromagnetic / cloud seeding / precipitation dynamics aim is to trigger little ice age to stop permafrost melt
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Replying to @DanielleFong @wildflowerearth and
Not sure salty rain will be good for crops/vegetation.
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Replying to @Mental_Universe @wildflowerearth and
there will be extremely little salt in it, it's just for nucleation.
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Replying to @DanielleFong @Mental_Universe and
it's upper atmosphere formation.
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Replying to @DanielleFong @wildflowerearth and
I am suspicious of your lofting method and quantity of salt involved by your suggestion that plateaus are the source of the salt.
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Replying to @Mental_Universe @DanielleFong and
Seeding the oceans with iron requires no lofting.
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Lofting is actually not a significant challenge.
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Replying to @DanielleFong @wildflowerearth and
Why are kites not used to lift rockets higher for launch,reducing fuel requirements?
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