Paul Behrens also writes elsewhere in the book that for a London-New York return flight 1,200 tonnes of ice is melted. This is at a time when the melting of ice, at both poles + glaciers in other regions, is happening much faster than scientists had expected: scitechdaily.com/earths-tippi...

I think classifieds were esp. vulnerable once enough folks were online, as Craigslist(ings) cost less, did more, were no more work, had more reach & reached folks w/ more disposable income.

At least, that's what I infer. I imagine that you & @craignewmark.bsky.social know rather more of the story.

Agreed & the story seems more nuanced than I thought it was.

Huh. I did not expect that you'd listen to Young Gods, but I'm also not surprised. :)