OverBoard7889

OverBoard7889 t1_ja8vf5p wrote

Reply to This “Climate-Friendly” Fuel Comes With an Astronomical Cancer Risk: Almost half of products cleared so far under the new federal biofuels program are not in fact biofuels — and the EPA acknowledges that the plastic-based ones may present an “unreasonable risk” to human health or the environment. by nastratin

Anything to actually do the right thing for the environment, as long as quarterly profits keep increasing.

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OverBoard7889 t1_isffvgu wrote

Reply to We've all heard the trope that to be a billionaire you essentially have to be a sociopath; Could we cure that? Is there hope? by AdditionalPizza

The problem is the disconnect from society that those people have. That doesn’t just happen to the rich and powerful, they are just in positions to exert their will on a major % of the population. The singularity will have the capacity to “cure” that, but will also have the power to create humans even more disconnected from “us”. Basically there will be more terrible people post singularity, but I think access will be easier to more people, making the everyday life of most people, much better than it is now.

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