Reading the essay and comments reminds me of an important principle that someone taught me.
“Don’t make things more complicated than they need to be.”
Everyone seem to think that it’s the end of civilization as we know it and that it is caused by whatever their favorite hobbyhorse is today.
Here’s a couple of other truths.
Just because something is desirable doesn’t mean that it is feasible.
And the converse.
Just because something is feasible doesn’t mean that it is desirable.
Just because you want something to be true, (Bush was responsible for 9/11) doesn’t make it so. (Such a conspiracy would not be possible without thousands of people cooperating and keeping quite.)
There are certain truths in the world. Gravity and physics seem to work nicely. But when talking about people and politics, social interactions and such, there is no truth, there is only belief.
Most people don’t ask “how is that possible?” they just accept assertions that agree with their preconceived ideas.
