Your argument is persuasive and well illustrated. I think the problem is the intro paragraphs come off as too certain of catastrophe which, when juxtaposed with your claim that "smarter people than me have been working on this", makes it sound like you don't actually believe they're smarter than you. The rest of your essay feels fair and not judgmental.

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schacon 9 hours ago | parent [-]

I do believe they're smarter than me, but sometimes very smart groups talk themselves into ultimately impractical solutions because they're all smart. Sometimes you need a dumb guy to come in and say "are you sure this is right?"

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throwworhtthrow 8 hours ago | parent [-]

I believe you are sincere. But "is about to be a huge, costly, global train wreck" lacks the nuance of "are you sure this is right?" and will rub some people the wrong way.

Edit: I'm not suggesting you should have written it any differently. I think you made the right choice to be a bit provocative because it grabs the attention that's needed.

	▲	schacon 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I do believe this. But that doesn't mean I can't be convinced otherwise by a good argument. The point of this post is to see if anyone has a great counterargument to change my mind.