Reasons 2016 was a great year for humanity
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Re: Reasons 2016 was a great year for humanity
#2Pessimistically (I know, I know), it seems to me that recent events put many of these advances under threat. Science funding cuts and rollbacks of environmental protections can take out half the list or more. How great can these accomplishments really be if they can be so easily undone?
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#3Pessimistically (I know, I know), it seems to me that recent events put many of these advances under threat. Science funding cuts and rollbacks of environmental protections can take out half the list or more. How great can these accomplishments really be if they can be so easily undone?
You're really asking whether anything can be an accomplishment if it can be later ruined or undone.
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#4when can we go there to junk it up
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#5Pessimistically (I know, I know), it seems to me that recent events put many of these advances under threat. Science funding cuts and rollbacks of environmental protections can take out half the list or more. How great can these accomplishments really be if they can be so easily undone?
You're really asking whether anything can be an accomplishment if it can be later ruined or undone.
There's a fine line between it being possibile and probable.
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#6load of bollox , George Michael died so 2016 has been a disaster :(
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#7So much of this list was about conservation and environmental issues that it was almost frustrating to filter it out.
I have nothing against these topics, but when you dominate your list with one theme and don't address that theme in the lede, I reflexively assume the author is attempting to pull the wool over my eyes. There is almost certainly some sampling bias going on, at least.
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#8> 32. Homelessness in the United States declined by 35% since 2007, and Los Angeles committed to $1.2 billion to help get more people off the street.
You mean the same city which destroyed DIY small houses on wheels made by volunteers for homeless people and left them nothing to endure the cold winter months ? http://reason.com/reasontv/2016/12/09/los-angeles-homeless-t...
That's not a great policy to highlight in 2016. And that's just one point, I'm sure the whole list is filled with false-positive news.
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#9Pessimistically (I know, I know), it seems to me that recent events put many of these advances under threat. Science funding cuts and rollbacks of environmental protections can take out half the list or more. How great can these accomplishments really be if they can be so easily undone?
I think the thing to keep in mind here is that tons of this is unrelated to the US and its politics (what I presume you are somewhat getting at). Other countries are realizing the strength they can have and working for improvement. Whether or not the US unravels remains to be seen, but at least many of these great things are becoming a global effort.
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#10Everything is awesome!