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https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-surprising-ally-in-fighting-global-warming-the-pentagon

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You can put it this way. The military can't afford your lies.

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You can't wait for a real democracy. You need to demand it today. You need to ban today.

You can't wait for a consensus either. The military understands that, you don't.

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so can we mix physics with our social behavior? Sure.

 It's about things we already knew, well, most of it. That small things can lead to great consequences f.ex. Or as Chaos theory express it. " Lorenz’s discovery that chaotic systems are in fact sensitive to initial conditions represents an extremely important factor when discussing patterns at all."

Also that you can stack it, layers upon layers of 'order and disorder'. The scale of your observation will be what defines it. And that is how it works in those social sciences too, from a psychoanalytical approach to the one where a psychiatrist defines it, to the one where someone involved with gene research defines it.  It's also about bias and preconceptions, but we can't avoid them. They will always be there and the best we can do is to peer review, which in a way is another name for democracy, if the peer review is 'open source'.

And here is what those small initial conditions can lead to, building up.

" Consequences of seafood mislabeling for marine populations and fisheries management "

https://www.pnas.org/content/117/48/30318#sec-1


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I call it avoiding responsibility. One of the games pillars, and without sharing and a fair education this is what will happen.

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A fair education should be part of the water you swim in, all the way to your death. You should always have this opportunity to learn.

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But a game of inequality in where everyone is treated the same won't be a game of inequality. A game where we share is not the game we play.

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A 'climate leader'

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/15/beijing-skies-turn-orange-as-sandstorm-and-pollution-send-readings-off-the-scale

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Another climate leader.

" Hundreds of key research projects aimed at tackling some of the world’s major problems – from antimicrobial resistance to the climate crisis – will have to be cancelled or cut back thanks to budget cuts imposed by the government. "

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/14/uk-scientists-attack-reckless-tory-cuts-to-international-research

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And yes, small initial conditions, was it?

" Mohamed Adow, the director of the Power Shift Africa thinktank, said: “It’s terrible to see a politician with such a poor record on climate action getting the job of leading the OECD. What makes it worse is that apparently his appointment was backed by the UK, despite them [being] about to host the crucial Cop26 summit.” "

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/nov/29/trying-to-invert-reality-mathias-cormanns-climate-credentials-will-be-a-hard-sell-at-the-oecd

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You can see it as the game protecting itself. You can also see it as a result of 'real politik' and 'game theory'. Or as a lesson in distrust.

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You don't have this opportunity to learn. One of the major ideas behind those schools we have is to sort 'the wheat from the chaff'. We also make them 'profitable' meaning that you need to be wealthy to gain that education. Even if it is 'free' of costs you still need the money to support yourself and your family, your home. So learning is the same as going into debt.

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It's the way this game works. Based on inequality, and it needs it. Without inequality the game falls apart.


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And what we call a fair chance is the one where you as a kid is supposed to understand what it can lead to, and so lock yourself inside a room studying until you reach somewhere around your twenties or thirties. Then you can go out and play. It's a joyless society.

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some do it, and you know what, they become extremes. Some are forced to do it by their parents.

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And this becomes also a question of degrees in our societies. We share the same ideals and beliefs there, but depending on what I tend to call enlightenment, or if you like, strength of democracy in your society it will be better or worse. That chances differs somewhat between country's. But the game is the same, the underlying principles are the same, no matter those degrees of 'freedom'.

"  according to recent research, the United States has far less mobility and equality of opportunity today than the European Union or other OECD countries. First, the amount of economic advantage passed down from one generation to the next is much higher in the US. Approximately 50% of a father’s income position is inherited by his son. In contrast, the amount in Norway or Canada is less than 20%.

What about rising from rags to riches? In the US, 8% of children raised in the bottom 20% of the income distribution are able to climb to the top 20% as adults, while the figure in Denmark is nearly double at 15%.

Equality of opportunity is also much less viable in the US than in other OECD countries. American life expectancy varies by up to 20 years depending on the zip code of residence. Quality of education also differs widely depending on the wealth of the neighborhood that families reside in. And the chances of being victimized by a crime, exposed to environmental toxins or having unmet healthcare needs is far greater for America’s poor than those impoverished in all other OECD countries. "

Not only USA. The game is played everywhere.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/13/american-dream-broken-upward-mobility-us

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And this game builds on you. You define it.

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It's a game meeting its limits today. Where the consequences of those 'initial small condition's' you impose on the world are getting bigger and ever more worse. Where our efforts of mitigating them becomes less and less realistic. Where we turn to Jules Verne and geoengineerings, as that is what we think of ourselves. 'The crown of existence'. And earth has stopped being a friend, so we look to space.

It's very futile.

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1.5 Celcius, again.

" But investing 1.2% of GDP in a green recovery could reduce emissions by 50% and halve the warming between now and 2050. This would keep the Paris Agreement’s aspirational long-term temperature goal of 1.5°C within sight. "

Really?

https://theconversation.com/coronavirus-lockdown-will-have-negligible-impact-on-the-climate-new-study-143503

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It's becoming a joke.