consider a world exactly like ours, but no plumbing. now imagine trying to convince the san francisco board of supervisors to let you build an underground system of pipes, sewers, and treatment facilities for your bullshit "tech bro fantasy" of clean water.
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I agree regarding the political obstacles. I don’t think though that we as the tech community should be patting ourselves on the back too much, since to a significant degree we forfeit our potential for changing this by refusing to engage in politics.
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one hundred percent agree. this city's slow motion collapse is the price of our apathy.
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A river. You've invented a river.
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"WHO ARE YOU TO DECIDE WHAT PEOPLE NEED PIPED TO THEIR HOMES!?" "I just thought water makes sen-" "IT'S UNDEMOCRATIC!"
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"THE CITY IS LiTeRaLlY SURROUNDED BY WATER."
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"Poor butts matter!"
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clearly a tool of Big DHMO. I think we need to follow your funding upstream to find the source.
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