> "Is democracy suited to solving issues like climate change" Noam Chomsky gave a talk[1] about a month ago about that question, but his version substitutes in

> "Is democracy suited to solving issues like climate change" Noam Chomsky gave a talk[1] about a month ago about that question, but his version substitutes intelligence for democracy. Species that are successful at maintaining their niche over evolutionary time spans are not selecting for intelligence. Survivability of a species, population size, and speciation rate generally decrease as intelligence rises. I might believe we have a chance as a species if we were doing anything even remotely realistic to address our actual long-term threats, but we aren't. Instead, the actual actions being taken seem to be almost unanimous trying to accelerate us into disaster. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK0R_06zOOY#t=128 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK0R_06zOOY#t=128