Not gonna happen. We’re fucked.
We should still try like we’re not.
That’s fair, and I do try as an individual, but also as an individual my efforts are effectively meaningless. The real destroyer is capitalism and I don’t like being a doomer, but, we are fucked.
There’s money to be made. We’ll need it when the climate goes to shit.
Scientists have been saying these same things my entire life. While they are absolutely correct, the necessary change does not seem to be a priority for leaders. At best it gets lip service and underwhelming commitments. At worst conservatives completely deny the problem. We have social issues blocking our scientific solutions.
I don’t think our existing leadership is capable of being proactive, we are always slow and reactive. We need more radical social change, which I only see happening once a certain generation dies and another takes their place.
Is this the King David interpretation?
I’m pessimistic, but I still try, and I hope for the best because I also acknowledge that I might be wrong. Doom and gloom won’t help anyone.
Well said. Optimism is important.
I’m not really worried about humanity’s survival in general, we’re a resilient bunch, we’ve successfully carved out niches for ourselves in damn-near every corner of the planet, as long as the earth is even remotely habitable I’m pretty confident that humans will be around.
The things I’m worried about are
The survival of many other species that aren’t as adaptable as us
The quality of life for us and anything else that survives with us
The survival of vulnerable populations of humans. While humanity as an entire species will survive in one way or another, the same can’t necessarily be said about individuals or particular groups of humanity. I’d rather not see entire families, towns, countries, cultures, races, etc. get wiped out.
