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		alangibson on Aug 28, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Wet-bulb temperature > people galvanized around it kind of like 9/11 Be careful what you wish for. 9/11 galvanized Americans to start two disastrous wars. The effect of a mass fatality event like in MFTF could easily be a bunch of pointless, ineffective wars. There's precedent for that, but not for anything like a Ministry for the Future

squeaky-clean on Aug 28, 2023 [–]

Haven't read the book (I'm interested now), but you could maybe look at it as a war against climate change.

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