Remember. But remember, too, we are no longer in the 19th century. Our risks today are much bigger.

Posted on 19 March 2018 by ecoquant

Hat tip to Tamino.

Thoreau’s “Slavery in Massachusetts”.

But, recall, the stakes we gamble upon today are much bigger than those, as big as they were.

See here for further details. But watch the episode if you really want to understand what may be at stake.

The response should be proportionate.

About ecoquant

See https://wordpress.com/view/667-per-cm.net/ Retired data scientist and statistician. Now working projects in quantitative ecology and, specifically, phenology of Bryophyta and technical methods for their study.
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