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[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I watched it happen because I saw it happening and read the (too few) news reports that pointed out that it was indeed happening.

But it’s like climate change. It seems to go in one ear and out the other for the vast majority of the population.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The fact that our species has a glaring weakness in identifying abstract threats, while at the same time we're developing tools capable of performing the most abstract possible attacks on our free-will and agency, makes me feel a tad uncomfy about the near term future.