During ww2 the alternative was hunger

We’re always trying to optimize and reduce loss/waste. Being able to have food sit on shelves for months without oxidizing or rotting has been a huge improvement in terms of food loss but it requires these biounavailable materials. If we use compostable materials for packaging then the clock starts ticking on them and storage facilities need to maintain stricter standards (i.e. keep humidity down).

The medical aspect is a big issue. You see what is consumed in an ER and surgery and then multiply that by a million/day and you wonder how much of this trash is being produced. Lawsuits over every little medical issue don’t help reduce this. Fishing industry waste is another big issue for the oceans.

Part of me thinks we’d be better off just burning most of it at this point. Maybe work on bacteria that can break down the plastics in specific environments like seawater.

I was harassed at one job for reading a book during lunch

2061? The plot looks odd and Clarke’s forecast for South Africa really was a swing and a miss. The plot for 3001 is really bad with the painful trope of “We just used a computer virus!”.

Dune, I spent my time flipping to the glossary every 5 minutes. Ulysses by James Joyce was even worse, I had to keep a website open that explained the barrage of references to me for almost every page.

Sort of the old medieval guild system to prevent competition and keep prices high.

I didn’t know a type of cheese could do business deals. I’m going to get sponsored by cheddar.

Self immolation as a form of protest. For anyone unaware of it there was a Buddhist monk who immolated themself to protest the oppression of Buddhists by the Catholic PM of Vietnam.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thích_Quảng_Đức

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rage_Against_the_Machine_(album)

https://time.com/3791176/malcolm-browne-the-story-behind-the-burning-monk/

Maybe this is why I’m not seeing it, it was a few months ago.

Edit: The link says this was in DC recently though.

“A US Air Force soldier is in critical condition after he set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, Sunday.”

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And a hearty F.U. to reddit

Reddit has become something resembling an authoritarian gov that punishes for “anti revolutionary thought”