See also the economic effects of the Great East Japan Earthquake (2011).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath_of_the_2011_T%C5%8Dhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami#Economic_impact
The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam by Barbara Tuchman.
So far, I've only read the introduction. It pulls together things I already believe, so I like it.
First thought is James C. Scott's work-- Two Cheers for Anarchism is a good starting point. He writes about tyranny's demands for legibility.
Also, a lot of science requires taking a close look at the world.
See also "the map is not the territory"-- but it takes time to see the territory.
I've been doing qi gong-- it's amazingly easy to think I know what I'm feeling physically, and a lot of work to actually start to notice it.
And I've been thinking that a way for rationalism to go wrong is to think that good enough concepts reliably trump observation. Sometimes concepts work-- perpetual motion machines really are impossible-- but mostly you need to keep looking at the world.
Maybe there's an organization to contribute to, though I grant that isn't much of an observance. Other than that, there's telling the story.
I've found that searching on [name of product or company sucks] can turn up interesting results, or a significant lack of results.
Look at customer reviews, especially those with a geeky level of detail.
Thanks. What is your culture?
Any thoughts about supporting biodiversity (perhaps especially for food crops)?
Rats could be a good bit better than average, and still pretty bad.
This reminds me of something odd about Socrates (from memory)-- when he decides to accept execution rather than exile, all of the sudden he's talking about adherence to values-- he owes so much to Athens that he won't live somewhere else-- rather than all that questioning. How does this fit into his story?
I can make some guesses, but they're no more than that.
1. His health was failing, and he decided to go out with a bang rather than enduring a decline.
2. No place else wanted him, either.
3. He came to realize the damage he was doing, and thought the punishment was appropriate.