As Foretold
posted by jj mollo @ 6/27/2006 09:12:00 PM
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Sound of the Mushroom
This blog is my effort to puzzle out the world. I'll write whatever comes into my head, but probably return frequently to my obsessions. I seem to be interested in the workings of democracy, economics, the functioning of social groups, the future of humanity, scientific concepts, statistical concepts, logical thinking, nuclear power, evolution, space, the environment and most everything else. I'll try to post only when I think I have my own angle on something.
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(Sorry JJ, I mistakenly posted this comment to the post you linked to rather than this one. That accounts for the deleted comment after your "Inconvenienced Easterbrook" post.)
Anyway, in your previous post you pointed out how poor people are frequently trapped into making inefficient decisions that tend to perpetuate or worsen their condition.
I think a similar situation exists with respect to global warming and other environmental problems caused by humanity. Like the situation of the individual poor you describe, we're collectively trapped in the course we're on. We're rationalizing, denying or counting on external forces to save us from ourselves.
You have more hope than I do, JJ. My hope is that you're right.
Very interesting connection. I think you're right. The analogy is good because it makes me wonder how good the analogy is.
As to hope vs. hopelessness. Both are something of a bother. You have to ask yourself, is there a conceivable path through these difficulties? We expect our baseball teams to play hard even when there is only a slim mathematical chance that they'll make the playoffs, and they do. We should do the same.
It may be that we have to rely on luck. It would be better if we rely on each other. Think how people responded on 9/11. Some of these people thought they hated New York. I'm telling you, people are amazing! Having read your blog for a while, I know that you are too. We all just have to work together.
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