Why aren't we hearing more about this? Third world countries are going to find out how bad things are going to get, as China calls in their loans. Dictators are fleeing with suitcases full of cash, as the country deals with chaos. Anger and disbelief to follow.
Crowd-funded, eh?. On the one hand, people follow vegan diets and watch their sugar, etc. Then they're ready to eat edible coffee cups. Does this smack you of a wrong solution looking for a problem that is low on list of problems we need to solve?
Rounding error. Google has to pay Washington state for being dishonest about location tracking practices. But when people use Google and their products, do they even care?
To stop suffering. Psychologist Enrique Echeburúa: ‘People who die by suicide want to stop suffering, not to stop living’. We should pay attention to this. The existence and misuse of social media and the nascent development of A.I. is going to give people (especially the young) novel ways to experience public suffering.