Eventually we'll reach diminishing returns on co2 emissions and start needing to remove it actively. This research will come in handy then.

I don't think it can sustain the current population levels, at our North American standard of living. If we could distribute resources evenly, sure, we could keep everyone alive, but energy consumption, plastic production, all that adds up to an ecological footprint of resource use that isn't sustainable.

World wildlife levels have gone down dramatically. We're expanding human life at the expense of all other life. The other life on earth isn't superfluous: it's an ecosystem that keeps us alive, recycles our waste, provides our medicines and cultural wealth of all sorts.

We can't keep our wealthy lifestyle and at the same time tell the poor people of the world that they have to stay poor so that we can remain wealthy.

I'd bet transporters would need constant monitoring and maintenance. They screw up often enough. Not sure I'd ever step into one of those deathtraps, even if you ignore the whole inherent murder problem.

You're thinking acetaminophen

In retrospect I definitely would have liked a duodecimal metric system, but we have what we have at this point. It's good enough and a DAMN sight better than imperial.

"Human scale". Snort. What bollocks.

I love how coffee smells, and heavily diluted in an icecap or something, it's fine.

Straight up, though? Disgusting. I've tried for years to develop the taste for it. No dice.

A well prepared tea just goes down easier.

Even a caffeine free green tea is a step above hot water. And I'll drink straight hot water on a cold day in a pinch.

Eeeeeevery sperm is saaaaacred...

In Peru they're called 'quee' which is a great name.

Raw egg cracked in and beaten to temper and cook in piping hot rice. A little soy sauce. Maybe some sesame seeds.

Tamago kake gohan.

The people who will be old in 2043 are middle aged now. Sure as fuck we didn't get those things...

Colourful metaphor but accurate. Try to do things The Debian Way first and you'll rarely get into trouble. Start screwing with existing packages and you break assumptions fast.