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> implementing policies to help deal with climate require coordination at scale, which is something we particularly suck at. Yes, quite. We're primates with a
by crispinb 8y ago
> implementing policies to help deal with climate require coordination at scale, which is something we particularly suck at.
Yes, quite. We're primates with a impressive cognitive, linguistic & cultural abilities, but there's nothing in our makeup or history to offer much confidence that we are capable of making hard collective decisions on a planetary scale. The naked ape may have hit its limits.