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I think this chart bears no explanation.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The way I see it, human society is a statistical-mechanical system and we're sources of noise.

So, if society is close to a bifurcation point or you personally are really loud (in case Xi Jinping is reading), then yes. Otherwise no.

Edit: I should specify that even if you can't save everyone you can probably save a few people. The question I'm trying to figure out for myself is how big a bifurcation point to target.