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		kevc on Jan 31, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What book has the most accurate depiction ... The human race is extinct in 30 years? That sounds incredibly alarmist. Could you elaborate on how this realistically happens?

pmdulaney on Jan 31, 2021 [–]

I went to hear Jacques Cousteau speak at UCLA in about 1975 and he was predicting that the oceans would be dead in 25 years. Somewhat alarmist, I suppose -- but maybe we all did some things to avert it. Sort of like Jonah preaching to Ninevah.

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