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      11 months ago

      The more we learn, the better it will be for all species. We’ll figure it out eventually… or die out

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          11 months ago

          Could be! I’ve spent the last 3 or so years with little to do but think, read, argue and watch youtube. I tend to watch mostly educational content, ranging from the big ones (“nile red”, “veritasium”, nutshell I can’t spell, “world science festival”) to lesser known ones (“sci-show”, “fall of civilizations”, “economics explained”, “donna” and a bunch of others). Robert Sapolsky is amazing, btw, look him up if you don’t already know who he is. But anyway, most recently I learned about the last 5 mass extinctions in a video by “paleo analysis”

          Anyway…

          I think many people will die in the upcoming climate crisis (and are already dying) but I don’t think humanity itself will completely die out. I mean, we are not the pinnacle of evolution that some people would like to think, and we’re still changing and likely will continue to do so as our environment changes. But die out completely? Prrrrrobably not. As a species we’re highly adaptive (even though some idiots in power hold us back) and I think that at least enough of us will survive to continue the species.

          Maybe not, but I think we have a shot that’s no more unlikely than anything else that’s happened so far

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            11 months ago

            I think you’re right. Having assets spread across different investments protects one from going bankrupt. Having our species spread across the different climates means that we may still survive but probably not most of us.

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                10 months ago

                I just hope that the species can progress instead of regress. I feel like we’ve had severe regression in the last 25-35 years.

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                  10 months ago

                  I totally get what you mean. I’m hopeful, tho. Pressures force growth and adaptation. I think we’re still in the complacent zone. I’m interested to see what happens next

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            10 months ago

            I wouldn’t call economics explained or sci-show “lesser-known”, they’re some of the most popular “educational” youtubers out there now… (although a lot of the times i would find it more accurate to call economics explained videos opinion pieces based on faulty claims/sources rather than educational videos)

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              10 months ago

              Which would you recommend? I don’t mind dry, but I have issues with accents. I like Anton Petrov’s videos but I find it difficult to understand him (as an example)

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      10 months ago

      Eh, beg to differ. It’s our industrialist society imo.

      Native Americans were shown to actually improve the ecosystems they inhabited through permaculture. We’re not doing the same practices like we should nowadays.