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fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 year agoen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migration_Period Oh yes, history does repeat. There is a boom and bust cycle here; regardless, you can only do what you can do, and if that is how you know you need to do it, go that way. Mine is teaching; I am too passive and weird for politics. I’ve got too many health problems for being a boots-on-the ground person. I am a small group 1:1 person. So, I could not compete there, but maybe I can motivate others to do that or get them to make good voting choices, or otherwise. That’s what that guide is all about—finding your niche where you could do the most good, then seizing it.
Candelestine@lemmy.world 1 year ago
History doesn’t repeat, but often rhymes. Twain’s quote better includes the effects of new technologies popping up all the time since the Renaissance, and sending things in odd, slanting directions sometimes.
Cheers though, I definitely agree we will need all sorts of people and methods. Just because in order to reach certain people, you have to be a certain sort sometimes. With enough perspectives and talents coming from the more cross-disciplinary approaches becoming more common, maybe we get outta this. Worth a shot anyway.
I mean, we did just find a new way to evaporate water. No small feat, people watched that process right in front of their faces for thousands of years. Just lacked the tools to see it.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 year ago
Oh yes, and often, technology comes out of need. :)