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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Not understanding sparrows role in the game caused by the Four Pests campaign. MILLIONS DEAD.

The ecological repercussions translated into a humanitarian crisis of unprecedented proportions. The absence of sparrows, which traditionally kept locust populations in check, allowed swarms to ravage fields of grain and rice. The resulting agricultural failures, compounded by misguided policies of the Great Leap Forward, triggered a severe famine from 1958 to 1962. The death toll from starvation during this period reached 20 to 30 million people.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Pests_campaign#Consequences

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Are there any long term effects from that?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

Sort of like what the tobacco industry did? Hide the truth under corporate profits?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 15 hours ago (7 children)

There is a BIG difference between what you can do and what you should do.

We have ZERO understanding on the long term effects this new technology will have on our civilization.

Why is everybody so eager to go "all in"?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Discount increased prices or increased discount prices?

[–] [email protected] 34 points 6 days ago

He's going about it all wrong. Make the new system run parallel to the old system, THEN take the old system down. This is being done wrong on purpose.