I think your original point is valid and this is an important historic transition with great implications. The correct reaction to the invention of nuclear fission isn’t pointing out we always had aggression and used flint arrows during the Pleistocene.
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Indeed that’s a key problem. There are genuine tensions between what makes sense for a company and even a person at point x, and collective impact. Small amount of “pollution” per product may seem reasonable until you scale up to a billion. (Similar issues in other sectors tbh.)
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this is correct; what’s unique for our time is the confluence of scale and the tragedy of the commons — and the ability for a small number of participants to create second and third order effects that have global impact.
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