Hows the US navy meant to know who was a slave ship to intervene and who wasnt, let alone where and when to intercept them in the 1860s?
Even today with xrays at ports, satellite tracking, and instant global communication - illegal goods are still smuggled globally.
Falling from a horse at 10mph is dangers, falling from any height is dangerous.
We knew lead was poisonous before it was put into petrol, it was chosen because GM could patent it whereas they couldn’t the already known superior additive, ethanol.
We knew about man made climate change over a hundred years ago, it was buried and suppressed for profit.
Thalidomide wasn't tested and sold freely.
Heroine was a good drug for many uses, lack of regulation and care about addiction was the problem. Even today many medications can have adverse effects or cause addiction if not properly used.
These things have nothing to do with the speed of advancement and all to do with deliberate failures. You can advance rapidly and still test and regulate, but obviously thats less likely in a capitalist system that values money over everything.
The core concept and idea of reddit can be found in other places, such as right here. And without the corporate decisions ruining it.
There is no such thing as too quickly. People went from shitting in wooden outhouses with no electricity to man landing on the moon and harnessing the power of atoms in one life time, things have slowed down considerably since.
And you don't have to get a brain implant, nor will such a thing realistically even be available for decades still.
When has the left ever had power in the US? Labour in the UK had a bit post war, but they've since stopped being left.
You cant just call neolibs the left and complain that the left didnt do anything.
Down syndrome or Down's syndrome,
So yes, thanks.
Isnt it Down’s Syndrome?
Picturing Modi not giving a fuck as he orders for farmers to get beaten and Muslims raped and murdered.
Depends on the location, some places would have considered the purchase a contract of itself.
Card makers? They only want money, if theres enough consumer level demand they will make them.
The question is why do we let it get out when we know its harmful or that we haven’t even looked into it despite being fully capable of.