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Sea Level
(imgs.xkcd.com)
Alt text: They're up there with coral islands, lightning, and caterpillars turning into butterflies.
Winter is kinda wild too. The fact that the planet is tilted just enough to make it cold part of the year, but not so cold that it kills everything, and many plants and animals have integrated this into their life cycles.
If only we could cap our carbon emissions enough to keep it that way. But at least the top one percent are making money
What's money
Edit please don't answer I have a degree in economics I am and was being a dipshit asking a rhetorical question about abstractions
The root of all evil.
What's holding us back.
What's keeping [the psychological short-sighted greed-trap and duress in place to keep] the emancipatory technologies suppressed.
Yes.
No.
I'll have my fun anyway.
;D
Thank you for answering in the spirit of my question and not wasting my time (time enjoyed is never wasted)
Evolutionary niche fits the conditions.
If it were tilted differently (within reason), then different life would have evolved.
Life exists in the places here that only get one day a year. Once it gets started it fits itself into every niche. The only question is how hard is it to get started.