If we don’t keep mentioning it, erosion will make those concerns disappear soon enough. If we keep mentioning it, maybe next time developers who want to have fun will find features that actually keep the energy bill down, and the community usefulness and fun up.
Bombs and corruption dominate the news. Yet we keep writing code, playing games, smiling at each other and throwing verses through the night. Being a drop in the ocean is a universal fact, and we should be proud of every little dents we make every day into the global doomsday narrative of malice and carelessness. Because we keep doing it, in the end, this global narrative might even change for something our children’s great-grand-children are happy to live with.