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> with so few sources to back it up! There are few sources to back up Global Warming? Oh, ok. I rest my case.
I think they meant sources about Brazil's agriculture getting decimated in 25 years.
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Brazil develops tropical wheat and predicts self-sufficiency in 5 years
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Re: Brazil develops tropical wheat and predicts self-sufficiency in 5 years
#72There are a few things that would make Brazil a lot more stable economically (and even socially and politically) if we achieved self-sufficiency: Fossil fuels: Currently, Brazil is self-sufficient in oil, but we export petrol to buy back refined fuels (gasoline and diesel). If we were self-sufficient in fossil fuels we would be much more immune to inflation every time OPEC decides to reduce oil output. Wheat: We are…
>Fertilizers
Watch this space.. Green Ammonia is going to be a big new development for Brazil soon... or at least there are a couple of green hydrogen companies that trying very hard to get that up and running in Brazil right now.
Re: Brazil develops tropical wheat and predicts self-sufficiency in 5 years
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"would make Brazil a lot more stable economically (and even socially and politically) " It's the other way around. Brazil and Argentina especially should be rich, what's lacking is coherent social organization from top to bottom. Obviously it matters more at the top, but it has to be borne by regular people as well. Same could be said of other Central/South American nations, but geographic factors and natural resourc…
Why don't the states there organize into a southern United States? It feels silly to talk about self-sufficiency and all when the analog at country level is the USA states. Nobody would expect e.g. Rhode Island to feed itself, but thankfully there is the Midwest. Maybe Bolivar's dream could come true one day.
The Latin American countries are probably too different to unify. Some are led by right-wing populists (El Salvador) and some by left-wing ones (Colombia, Brazil). Some are rich (Uruguay) and some are very poor (Nicaragua, Venezuela). Some are huge and powerful (Brazil and Mexico) and would be able to completely dominate the rest. Some are liberal democracies and some are one-party states.
On the cultural level, they have some similarity but not to the extent that they view each other as part of the same “nation” or “people”. One shouldn’t exaggerate the effect of speaking the same language: consider the fact that the US, Singapore, and Zimbabwe are all English-speaking officially (or de facto officially in the case of the US). Also Brazil does not even speak the same language as the rest.
Some differences do of course exist between the various US states but to a much, much lesser extent.
Re: Brazil develops tropical wheat and predicts self-sufficiency in 5 years
#74Earlier quoted context omitted.
"would make Brazil a lot more stable economically (and even socially and politically) " It's the other way around. Brazil and Argentina especially should be rich, what's lacking is coherent social organization from top to bottom. Obviously it matters more at the top, but it has to be borne by regular people as well. Same could be said of other Central/South American nations, but geographic factors and natural resourc…
Why don't the states there organize into a southern United States? It feels silly to talk about self-sufficiency and all when the analog at country level is the USA states. Nobody would expect e.g. Rhode Island to feed itself, but thankfully there is the Midwest. Maybe Bolivar's dream could come true one day.
" Nobody would expect e.g. Rhode Island to feed itself, b"
Again - internal self sufficiency is not the basis of development.
S. America has relatively free trade for things they need, and there are no hugely relevant issues there.
The wheat innovation is going to be nice for Brazil, but more as a function of expansion of industry, not really on the basis of 'self sufficiency'.
Brazil's path to wealth lies through the reform of civic and social institutions, not through some kind of magic grain.
The same could be said of most places.
Re: Brazil develops tropical wheat and predicts self-sufficiency in 5 years
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I don't think it's mutually exclusive. You can deny chainsaws to bad actors while also trying to reduce the number of bad actors compassionately and nonviolently. In the drug war analogy, maybe decriminalize possession but heavily regulate production/sales.
Terms like “bad actors” are part of the problem. Most people with chainsaws are trying to feed their family. They may be “bad actors” at one scale, but they are “good actors” to the people whose opinion matters to them. It is this kind of language, and indeed this kind of problem, that makes resolving it so complicated.
I think it depends. To me bad actor seems more like a technical term than a moral one. I can see how it's easy to pass judgment on people described literally as "bad" in some way, but only if I'm unprofessionally intertwining my morals with my ethics. If you don't believe in punishment in the first place then such terms lose their deontological charge.
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No, there are 2 solutions for Brazil's problems: Guarulhos and Galeão. I took Guarulhos, 10 years ago. Couldn't be happier.
Ugh. On behalf of the non insufferable Brazilians abroad, I apologize to HN. We are not all like this.
Can you explain what he is talking about?
Re: Brazil develops tropical wheat and predicts self-sufficiency in 5 years
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Ugh. On behalf of the non insufferable Brazilians abroad, I apologize to HN. We are not all like this.
Can you explain what he is talking about?
Guarulhos and Galeão are international airports in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro respectively.
"The only solution to the Brazilian problems is [leaving through] the airport" is a common trope among disatisfied, angry and fed up Brazilians (and I bet every other problematic country).
Re: Brazil develops tropical wheat and predicts self-sufficiency in 5 years
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Can you explain what he is talking about?
Guarulhos and Galeão are international airports in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro respectively. "The only solution to the Brazilian problems is [leaving through] the airport" is a common trope among disatisfied, angry and fed up Brazilians (and I bet every other problematic country).
Makes sense, thanks.
Re: Brazil develops tropical wheat and predicts self-sufficiency in 5 years
#79Earlier quoted context omitted.
Terms like “bad actors” are part of the problem. Most people with chainsaws are trying to feed their family. They may be “bad actors” at one scale, but they are “good actors” to the people whose opinion matters to them. It is this kind of language, and indeed this kind of problem, that makes resolving it so complicated.
I think it depends. To me bad actor seems more like a technical term than a moral one. I can see how it's easy to pass judgment on people described literally as "bad" in some way, but only if I'm unprofessionally intertwining my morals with my ethics. If you don't believe in punishment in the first place then such terms lose their deontological charge.
If a technical term has the effect of framing a specific viewpoint, then it's perhaps not a very good technical term. I'm not actually convinced that it is a technical term, but even if it is, that's ultimately just an argument from authority.
Re: Brazil develops tropical wheat and predicts self-sufficiency in 5 years
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I think it depends. To me bad actor seems more like a technical term than a moral one. I can see how it's easy to pass judgment on people described literally as "bad" in some way, but only if I'm unprofessionally intertwining my morals with my ethics. If you don't believe in punishment in the first place then such terms lose their deontological charge.
If a technical term has the effect of framing a specific viewpoint, then it's perhaps not a very good technical term. I'm not actually convinced that it is a technical term, but even if it is, that's ultimately just an argument from authority.
The word "induction" frames a very specific viewpoint for a mathematician that's different from the specific viewpoint of an electrician. Your argument falls apart if you consider that people can have different viewpoints.
Also, bad actor is usually used in cybersecurity contexts. It could be a scammer or your CTO testing you - shouldn't really matter.