Abstract Recently, geologists in Southern Nevada discovered new deposits of naturally occurring asbestos and microscopic fibers in rocks and soil. The danger is that inhaling them can lead to mesothelioma. One problem is that this rare cancer often takes decades to manifest. This discovery abruptly stalled a highway project near Las Vegas. Due to this condition, management developed numerous protocols to keep workers safe. Using this case as a “thought model,” the author challenges an established way of categorizing kinds of technologies as they relate to the concept of being. In turn, this thought model reveals that climate change alters the conditions for being, as recognized in the literature. Advancing this conversation requires that we must reclassify some technologies and develop a categorization for those that reflect a different way of thinking as it concerns being.

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基础设施，城市扩张和自然发生的石棉：邪恶和保存技术的本体思想模型

摘要最近，内华达州南部的地质学家在岩石和土壤中发现了天然石棉和微观纤维的新沉积物。危险是吸入它们可能导致间皮瘤。一个问题是这种罕见的癌症通常需要数十年的时间才能显现出来。这一发现突然使拉斯维加斯附近的一个高速公路项目停滞不前。由于这种情况，管理层制定了许多协议以确保工人安全。作者将这种情况用作“思想模型”，对一种与存在概念相关的技术进行分类的既定方法提出了挑战。反过来，这种思想模型揭示了气候变化改变了存在的条件，正如文献所承认的那样。