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    So, apparently science’s historical breakthroughs, eg: (pasteurization, penincillin, biomedicine...), the field of life and biology (chemical processes, molecular interactions, physiological mechanisms), even technology applied to communications (internet, data base... social media)... just name a field where humanity has made significant breakthroughs during the last 300 years, to be vague.

    What the hell happened just a couple of weeks ago???
    Not one single nation in the world got really prepared for this ancient organic particle that suffocates our blood cells and crushes our lungs until we are

    “Milestones” and “Breakthroughs” should have always been judged by

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    • They just figured out HIV after 30 years what do you think they could do in 2 weeks?_niko
    • 4 months.
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    • but I think we still do better than our predecessors. the average life expectancy doubled. we can share information at the speed of light.
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    • we are capable to divert resources to protect individuals.whether its a micro-community making masks for locals or organizing worldwide entry points for cargo.
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    • *the logistics & transportation sector is organizing...
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    • To be clear. We are more prepared for this than in any other time in history. Information and internet has played a major roll.monospaced
    • since the 80s we've shrunk transistors and circuits to be more and more tiny. thats about it.inteliboy
    • we fail at economics though.uan
    • What's dif now is travel; during Dec-Feb, during Chinese/WHO virus denial, 760,000 people flew from China into US.
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    • We have less control than we think. Everything and everyone is ephemeral.

      Here endeth my Sunday liturgy.      monoboy
    • Sorry, of that 760k, 228k were Americans returning home
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    • Entropy is universal.monoboy
    • @maquito +1
      we're vulnerable creatures who don't know much about (the urgency of) our own survival as species      Krassy
    • If this had been 20 years ago it would have been harder to control.monospaced
    • Especially with how technology is allowing people to work remotely and such. Never possible before now.monospaced
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