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I told you, you are symptomatic of the short-termist attitude that persists - we must carry on whatever the cost. The alternative is that you make do, because

I told you, you are symptomatic of the short-termist attitude that persists - we must carry on whatever the cost. The alternative is that you make do, because this is a serious situation, far more serious than a business deal. Ironically, your future income and the income and quality of your children's lives will be directly affected by your actions today. But, people just put it away in their minds, file it under "well, can't possibly do that" and forget about it. If the worst that can happen is some scary figures pop out of the news now and again, what's the point in changing? We will all look back in ten years and say, we had a chance to do something, but we didn't.

BearGoesChirp 10y ago
You make the sacrifices, you go out of business and are replaced by someone who doesn't who will continue flying. If anything you have only made the situation worse for you. It is a prisoner dilemma of the grandest scale that has origins predating multi-cellular organisms.
FooBarWidget 10y ago
That's easy for you to say but if I don't make money today then there may be no tomorrow to worry about. My point is that this can't just be a thing that an individual decides. We need country-level or international-level cooperation. Prisoner's dilemma, as others have pointed out.