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by viraptor 1319 days ago
> “if no action is taken after 100,000 deaths” is the same as “if false”

Is useful as the higher bound and for judging the results of actions.

But still... I think you're too sure about people in charge following reasonable behaviours. We don't even have to go as far as the great famine. There's lots of things going wrong now where people responsible explicitly do not address the issue.