NPR: Better that humanity be extinguished than they live in a manner NPR reporters find tacky. http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/12/09/249728994/what-happened-on-easter-island-a-new-even-scarier-scenario …
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing Your reasons for wanting to destroy humanity are somewhat deeper than not liking the fucking restaurant choices.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @St_Rev
@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing I don't think NPR are too far off base here. Point is decline could be arrested if a crisis came, but there is...1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @simplic10
@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing ...no nice schellingy point of crisis, so things just keep deteriorating.4 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @simplic10
@simplic10@sarahdoingthing In the golden age of SF we called that human adaptability & determination and it was a good and noble thing.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @St_Rev
@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing Adaptability a blessing & curse. Good if decline exogenous, not so good if endogenous & adaptation prevents action.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @simplic10
@simplic10@sarahdoingthing I would advise thinking very carefully about the word 'action' here.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @St_Rev
@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing Looking back at article, had forgotten that ex hypothesi rats destroyed trees, not ppl. So little scope for action.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@simplic10 The writer reports the facts (apparently) and yet is blinded by modern context & narrative.
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