Wishing a very happy birthday to Terri Irwin 🎉 Thank you, Terri, for inspiring us every day to protect our planet. We are so proud of our Australia Zoo team leader! You are INCREDIBLE!
Zohran Mamdani message to those who are fearmongering about democratic socialism:
"The best response is to show what it actually means. What we've shown over the last six months is exactly that. The city with the Democratic Socialist's vision is one that paves more than 170,000 potholes, a city that has delivered the lowest recorded number of shootings and murders in NYC's history, a city that is on a pathway to universal childcare, fighting for people often left behind -- workers who we've secured more than $10M, for tenants more than $64 M.
These are all indicators of what is so scary for the rightwing."
Gus the T. rex fetched $50.1 million at auction, a new record price for a dinosaur
If this is how much dinosaurs cost now, how can museums afford them?
Where does that leave science & education? Will the public still have opportunities to be inspired?
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Hey @JW_Evolution, do you think it’d be possible to add in a Dr. Alan Grant statue in game to honor our beloved Sam Neill? Just a little tribute to our favorite dinosaur man…
The Jurassic Park film really dropped the ball regarding the core problem being raised by the book:
The biggest threat isn't the problem you're focusing on. It's the thing you never considered a possibility in the first place.
In the movie, you find out the dinosaurs are breeding on their own for a single scene and then it never becomes a plot point again. The only raptors they have to deal with are the three that escaped from the paddock when the electricity went out.
In the book, there are supposed to be 8 raptors. The system is designed to throw an alert if there are ever fewer than expected.
Nobody thought to add an alarm or interface for if there were more than expected, and by the time they figure it out there are over three dozen of the damn things running loose.
Think about how this can apply elsewhere. Not just industrial applications, but philosophically, economically, politically, or socially:
What looming catastrophe are you ignoring because you are so focused on its opposite?
What dangers and evils are you allowing to grow unchecked because you never considered them as a possibility?