The curse of scale

why we never say enough

 
Scale is uniquely human. Whatever humans do, they figure out how to do more of it, how to do it at scale. Any animal could inadvertently invent Tupperware™, but what other species would go on to produce it in such libertine excess that the waste accumulates into a floating oceanic landmass big enough to hold all the gumbo in Louisiana? Monkeys have opposable thumbs but not Wiggles concerts or corporate retreats. Dolphins have high IQs but not city-states or international patent laws. Those things take scale. And to scale is human.

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Πηγή: moneylemma.com