Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
comfortably in the future
English answer:
so far in the future that we don't need to worry
Added to glossary by
Angela Dickson (X)
Jul 6, 2006 14:55
17 yrs ago
English term
comfortably in the future
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Environment & Ecology
Dangers (global warming, for example) that seemed exaggerated or [[comfortably in the future]] two decades ago are now understood to be real and urgent.
By "comfortably in the future" I interpret that as we, the human race, thought these dangers wouldn't pose difficulties to us, we did nothing about it. "Comfortably" seems to refer to our attitude. Like saying it's not our problem but a problem to be solved by generations in the far future.
Help welcomed!
By "comfortably in the future" I interpret that as we, the human race, thought these dangers wouldn't pose difficulties to us, we did nothing about it. "Comfortably" seems to refer to our attitude. Like saying it's not our problem but a problem to be solved by generations in the far future.
Help welcomed!
Responses
| 5 +7 | so far in the future that we don't need to worry |
Angela Dickson (X)
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| 4 +3 | remote |
Aisha Maniar
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| 4 +3 | well into the future |
NancyLynn
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Change log
Jul 6, 2006 14:58: NancyLynn changed "Term asked" from "see phrase below" to "comfortably in the future"
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so far in the future that we don't need to worry
I think your explanation is exactly right.
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Aisha Maniar
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English term (edited):
see phrase below
remote
yes, comfortably refers to attitudes - that people consider it to be so far off/so far into the future that it's not something that they need to feel even slightly "uncomfortable" about. It's not that people didn't think that they would pose difficulties or that future generations would solve the problem, but that they would not pose a problem for many generations to come...and since then....
Peer comment(s):
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Michael Powers (PhD)
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thank you
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Dave Calderhead
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thank you
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Jörgen Slet
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well into the future
so far into the future we don't really need to worry about it now.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Michael Powers (PhD)
1 min
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| agree |
Dave Calderhead
5 mins
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| agree |
Jörgen Slet
9 hrs
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