This community is so quick to embrace new technologies and so dismissive of unin...

		spodek on Oct 26, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: L.A.'s coast was once a DDT dumping ground, but no... This community is so quick to embrace new technologies and so dismissive of unintended side effects. We cringe at DDT dumps but loved it at the time. Do we not expect similar unintended side effects from other things this community endorses like fusion or seeding the atmosphere with reflecting materials? We do this to Earth and we think we'll do better on Mars?

DDT saved 10s if millions of lives. Makes sense that people liked it