Reality has inertia, so a trajectory can be changed by a small force applied early or not at all by a large force applied late; what differs between the two is the time available for small forces to compound.

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  A small intervention now, the right institution designed, the right coordination system built, the right investment made, can shift the trajectory of the species. The same intervention attempted fifty years from now, when the path has hardened, may be futile.

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