re: #245 Cato the Elder

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The planet will self-regulate, and inasmuch as it doesn’t, we will adapt.

I’m far more frightened of people making five-, ten-, or twenty-year plans for all of us to live by.

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I agree, unless you are making a case for inaction. We can adapt pretty well to a gradual change. If the planet self-regulates rapidly, we might not like its methods. By getting decent science and decent policies, we gain a vote.