Lathael
Lathael t1_j0w7t86 wrote
Reply to comment by abrandis in Will human intelligence fall? by Charming-Coconut-234
The thing is, we actually do have the ability to face supply chain disruptions and most weather events by basically having buffers for goods built up at a societal level from top to bottom.
We just choose not to. From underpaying employees so they can't keep a stockpile at home, to just-in-time delivery all the way at the top. This overly-streamlined way to handle society is what's causing problems. For centuries we've been able to deal with shortfalls and problems for the most part. Obviously famines and the like happened if problems persisted for a long period of time.
But we can design our way out of these problems, we just choose not to.
Lathael t1_j1s32vg wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Logged forest compared with an unlogged forest could be better for climate change. A detailed assessment of vegetation growth, bird and mammal numbers, and energy flows in logged and unlogged forests offers some surprising findings. by Creative_soja
You want to check your facts again. Mosquitos are overwhelmingly the number 1 cause of death by an animal, estimated at 1,000,000 deaths annually. Humanity is closer to 500k by best estimates. (has multiple sources.)