Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Oct 11, 2017This 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 🤔Quote TweetPuerto Rico @PuertoRicoPUR·Oct 10, 2017Orlando doctors returning from Puerto Rico describe grim conditions http://thesent.nl/2zcluAz48
Chenoe Hart@chenoehart·Oct 11, 2017Replying to @vgrSkills to indirectly help prevent apocalypses from happening in the first place are underrated,126
Chenoe Hart@chenoehart·Oct 11, 2017Replying to @chenoehart and @vgr(One more specific example which comes to mind: cryptocurrencies developed by hobbyist communities, then become useful in Venezuela.)123
Chenoe Hart@chenoehart·Oct 11, 2017Replying to @chenoehart and @vgrNot meant to trivialize crisis happening now, ofc. Also reminded of stepfather's exp. training others how to set up army field hospitals...11
Chenoe Hart@chenoehart·Oct 11, 2017Replying to @chenoehart and @vgr...which ended up involving work that was ostensibly less applied & more imaginative like creating potential terrorist attack scenarios.1
Chenoe Hart@chenoehart·Oct 11, 2017Replying to @chenoehart and @vgrThat might have indirectly shaped how people responded to real situation. Also at broader scale so many disasters magnified by social issues11
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @chenoehartGood point. Personally I don't think I contribute to prevention either tho. Mostly palliative entertainment like violin players on titanic 🎻6:25 AM · Oct 11, 20172 Likes