Alas, you didn't need a global incident of this scope to draw those (perfectly valid) conclusions.
The hallmark of intelligence is to observe a situation and the structure of a system, reason about it, draw analogies with past experience and pre-emptively take corrective measures.
The stark truth is that we don't live in a "reasonable" world.
Poor governance, short termism, lack of transparency, incompetence, captured regulation, obsolete ideology etc. are not exceptions but rather the essence of how things "work".
The existential question is whether our demonstrable ability to achieve some learning will be sufficient to deliver solution on the face of increasing risks.
The hallmark of intelligence is to observe a situation and the structure of a system, reason about it, draw analogies with past experience and pre-emptively take corrective measures.
The stark truth is that we don't live in a "reasonable" world.
Poor governance, short termism, lack of transparency, incompetence, captured regulation, obsolete ideology etc. are not exceptions but rather the essence of how things "work".
The existential question is whether our demonstrable ability to achieve some learning will be sufficient to deliver solution on the face of increasing risks.