Maybe he did try, but he didn’t understand his hidden desire to kill himself and everyone. It’s in all of us, but we should always strive to suppress it.
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Spacehooks@reddthat.com 5 weeks agoMan really did try to fix the world. More than others could say.
Angelusz@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
BilboBargains@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
According to Bryson’s account, he deliberately mislead us about the dangers of tetraethyl lead by making a public demonstration of washing his hands in the chemical. As a chemical engineer he knew a single exposure was not sufficient to cause the lead poisoning that was evident in the workforce at his factory and was counting on a scientifically illiterate public not understanding how toxicity operates in organisms. He was correct on both counts and we can never let the profit motive enter these type of calculations e.g. money in healthcare, oil companies publishing climate science, etc, and expect healthy outcomes.
Spacehooks@reddthat.com 5 weeks ago
Jfc
Angelusz@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
That’s literally insane to me. Fortunately we understand mental health better these days.
Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
He knew lead was a very dangerous neurotoxin and he just didn’t care. Capitalists destroying the planet for profit is such a boring evil.
Spacehooks@reddthat.com 5 weeks ago
I wonder if he didn’t care or if he knew they would keep doing it without him.