Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson for July 05, 2015
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July 06, 2015
Transcript:
Calvin: "Welcome to stupidopolis... stupidly built near an undersea fault line...that just shifted!" Calvin: "A curious shadow falls over downtown" Dad: "Why does he build everything so close to the water? It's stupid" Mom: "He doesn't seem to mind doing it over and over"
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I see this as more of a comment on the real world,
Why do people keep building in areas that are so unstable? Repeatedly building in flood plains, under mudslide cliffs, overlooking a seaside cliff or on the side of a volcano. The worst part is these people, once their homes are ruined, expect us to pay for repairs or rebuilding through government pay-outs or increases in insurance premiums.
By Albert Einstein’s definition this is insanity. He said, “Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” So let’s keep building cities on major fault lines and party on.