I think the most unaddressed social pattern is not being wrong. It's survivor bias. The whole function of regimes like Trump's is to kill or effectively silence all dissent, so that those remaining have an established sense of success being on the side of the perpetrator. Unless we can fix this, we continue to live in peril. After all, we live in a world which is minimally 10 times as populated as the level of sustainable human denizens, and given human tastes, it may be as much as 100 times. That is hard to address when the solution means elimination of 90% to 99% of us. I want a humane world, but we also need a world with self-awareness of its effects on its environment. When I walk outside and cross the street, over 95% of those I see are not on foot, but rolling along in their personal exoskeletons, probably from locations that require that automation to procure resources or reach labor duties. This infrastructure situation dictates our terminal behavior. How can we make that humorous? How can we lambast it? How can anything but tragedy convey to the average person what they are part of?
Betty came by on her way Said she had a word to say About things today And fallen leaves Said she hadn’t heard the news Hadn’t had the time to choose A way to lose But she believes Gonna see the river man Gonna tell him all I can About the plan For lilac time If he tells me all he knows About the way his river flows And all night shows In summertime Betty said she prayed today For the sky to blow away Or maybe stay She wasn’t sure For when she thought of summer rain Calling for her mind again She lost the pain And stayed for more Gonna to see the river man Gonna to tell him all I can About the ban On feeling free If he tells me all he knows About the way his river flows I don’t suppose It’s meant for me Oh, how they come and go © 1999-2008 NickDrake.com. I acknowledge I copied this without permission. It is only for emphasis, and the proper web site is at: http://www.nickdrake.com/river_man_lyrics.html
Main Ingredients of Fire Retardant dropped by airplanes on wildfires: Water: Makes up the vast majority of the liquid weight to help immediately cool the target area. Ammonium Phosphate / Sulfate: The active fertilizer salts that alter how wood and brush burn, promoting charring and preventing combustion even after the water evaporates. Thickeners: Gelling agents (similar to food gums) that make the mixture gooey so it clings to trees and steep slopes instead of running straight off. Colorant: Iron oxide or fugitive red dye used so pilots and ground crews can easily see which areas have already been treated.Corrosion Inhibitors: Chemical additives that keep the slurry from eating away at the metal tanks inside firefighting aircraft.