Day 1126
'No one leaked war plans' - Pete
A lifeboat can only save a subset of people from a sinking ship. Who should be prioritized? The trade-off between lives introduces factors like status or survival skills. The rule of double effect — used to evaluate the permissibility of acting when one's otherwise legitimate act may also cause an effect one would otherwise be obliged to avoid — should be be considered.
Fleeing to Mars is not an option.
This morning I am reminded of the story about Steam Ship America, later renamed American Star, that illustrates the inevitability of Team USA’s decline. Its gradual collapse over decades reflects how even seemingly invincible structures succumb to external forces, incompetence, hubris and stupidity.
On December 31, 1993 American Star left Greece for the last time, under tow by Ukrainian tugboat Neftegaz-67. The hundred-day tow began. Shortly afterward, American Star and Neftegaz-67 sai…
