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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/03/2026

Now, as it happens, frogs will *totally* leap clear of a pot of warming water when it reaches a certain temperature, irrespective of how slowly the temperature rises. 10/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/03/2026

But the metaphor persists, because while it does not describe the behavior of frogs in a gradually worsening situation, it *absolutely* describes how *humans* respond to small, adverse changes in our environment. 11/

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 05/03/2026

Take moral compromises: most of us set out to be good people, but reality demands small compromises to our ethics. So we make a small ethical compromise, and then before long, circumstances demand another compromise, and then another, and another, and another. 12/

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