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For example: Year after year on the virtual planet, pollution will continue to get worse, | For example: Year after year on the virtual planet, pollution will continue to get worse, | ||
- | + | weapons of mass destruction will continue to proliferate | |
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forests to disappear | forests to disappear | ||
temperature to climb | temperature to climb | ||
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thirst and the struggle for water wars to worsen | thirst and the struggle for water wars to worsen | ||
animals to disappear... | animals to disappear... | ||
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Catastrophic disasters in each of these spheres occur more or less frequently in each fresh game initiated by the players. The program thus imitates the uncertainty in which we live and the different predictions among specialists. The program randomly chooses between higher and lower estimates of the statistical likelihood. The program is periodically updated. Thus the social struggles play out against a background of more or less predictable, more or less preventable global catastrophes. | Catastrophic disasters in each of these spheres occur more or less frequently in each fresh game initiated by the players. The program thus imitates the uncertainty in which we live and the different predictions among specialists. The program randomly chooses between higher and lower estimates of the statistical likelihood. The program is periodically updated. Thus the social struggles play out against a background of more or less predictable, more or less preventable global catastrophes. |