This is very grim. Also a grim reminder that I have no useful apocalypse skills to help anyone. I guess I could join a bucket brigade
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Skills to indirectly help prevent apocalypses from happening in the first place are underrated,
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(One more specific example which comes to mind: cryptocurrencies developed by hobbyist communities, then become useful in Venezuela.)
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Not meant to trivialize crisis happening now, ofc. Also reminded of stepfather's exp. training others how to set up army field hospitals...
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...which ended up involving work that was ostensibly less applied & more imaginative like creating potential terrorist attack scenarios.
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That might have indirectly shaped how people responded to real situation. Also at broader scale so many disasters magnified by social issues
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Good point. Personally I don't think I contribute to prevention either tho. Mostly palliative entertainment like violin players on titanic 
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