Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by pharke 1189 days ago
We currently live in a world that has been “unrecognizably transformed” by the industrial revolution and yet here we are.
1 comments
SamBam 1189 days ago
And the result of the industrial revolution has been a reduction of about 85% of all wild animals, and threatened calamity of the rest in the next few decades. Hardly can be summarized as "yet here we are."
link
pharke 1188 days ago
Given a choice between pre-industrial life and our current lifestyle, the choice is obvious.
link