Everything is up for destruction every few years. At one time the settled science was that we would all starve to death becuase the population was exploding (and that one was resurrected in the mid-20th century). In the '50s, there was going to be a nuclear holocaust. Now, the destructive rage is global warming or global chaos or climate change or whatever they're calling it now.
In 100 years the'll look back and say it's a shame we couldn't have known better. Of course, then they'll be fretting about sexbot malfunctions.
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Malthus and The Bomb
Everything is up for destruction every few years. At one time the settled science was that we would all starve to death becuase the population was exploding (and that one was resurrected in the mid-20th century). In the '50s, there was going to be a nuclear holocaust. Now, the destructive rage is global warming or global chaos or climate change or whatever they're calling it now.
In 100 years the'll look back and say it's a shame we couldn't have known better. Of course, then they'll be fretting about sexbot malfunctions.