Well, what's better, a problem 20 years from now, or having the exact same problem 20 years from now AND also dealing with from 0-20 years?
There has to be a name for this sort of "reverse slippery slope" argument, but it isn't coming to me.
There has to be a name for this sort of "reverse slippery slope" argument, but it isn't coming to me.
Why not do what we can today?
It literally costs MORE THAN A PENNY to make a penny. We would save over $70 million a year just by stopping making pennies.
"Fuck it, let someone else fix it." - I'm sick of this.
"Fuck it, let someone else fix it." seems to be exactly what you're advocating.
You can't let the perfect be the enemy of the good - that just keeps anything from happening.
100% solutions do not exist in the real world.
This is sorta like saying "Why send a man to the moon, when we can't send even send an astronaut to the surface Venus?"
> You can't let the perfect be the enemy of the good - that just keeps anything from happening.
Cool story, but they as well schedule the session to get rid of the nickel now.
> 100% solutions do not exist in the real world.
A little hyperbolic here. This is of course false.
It is much easier to sell getting rid of the nickel after successfully getting rid of the penny.