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Humanity is clearly in danger and yet there is a very vocal minority that keeps pretending none of this is happening You'll get cranks and opponents on everyth

Humanity is clearly in danger and yet there is a very vocal minority that keeps pretending none of this is happening You'll get cranks and opponents on everything. The real problem is the overwhelming majority of people who think "OK, sure, bad stuff is happening, but what impact do my simple efforts make to improve it? Meh." Platitudes about how the world will be destroyed will not sway those people to act en masse - there needs to be some other element to it, but what? (I personally lean towards the eventual technological solutions, since technology has dug us out of many a hole before.)

perfunctory 7y ago
I am sorry, but believing in a magic technological breakthrough at this stage is just another form of denial, and another version of "but what impact do I make. Meh, I'll just sit and wait for the technological solution".
- majewsky 7y ago
  The problem is that all the deniers are pushing us further down the road where the magical technological breakthrough is really the only option we have left.
- petercooper 7y ago
  No, denial is asserting that something is not happening or does not exist. I posit that the majority of the world is broadly inactive over climate change but acknowledges and observes its effects. I do broadly think that only a technological or government-driven solution is viable, however, because unless everyone does something significant, the needle won't move, and everyone won't do something significant without being forced or radically assisted.
  - perfunctory 7y ago
    I do agree with you. The question is how do we get there. The government won't act by itself. It won't act unless we the people demand it. What gives me hope is that we might not need to wait for the majority vote. Apparently it only takes 3.5% of the population to get serious about something to effect change - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJSehRlU34w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJSehRlU34w So, let's get out of our technology bubble, away from keyboard, and let's go do something.

perfunctory 7y ago

I am sorry, but believing in a magic technological breakthrough at this stage is just another form of denial, and another version of "but what impact do I make. Meh, I'll just sit and wait for the technological solution".

majewsky 7y ago
The problem is that all the deniers are pushing us further down the road where the magical technological breakthrough is really the only option we have left.
petercooper 7y ago
No, denial is asserting that something is not happening or does not exist. I posit that the majority of the world is broadly inactive over climate change but acknowledges and observes its effects. I do broadly think that only a technological or government-driven solution is viable, however, because unless everyone does something significant, the needle won't move, and everyone won't do something significant without being forced or radically assisted.
- perfunctory 7y ago
  I do agree with you. The question is how do we get there. The government won't act by itself. It won't act unless we the people demand it. What gives me hope is that we might not need to wait for the majority vote. Apparently it only takes 3.5% of the population to get serious about something to effect change - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJSehRlU34w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJSehRlU34w So, let's get out of our technology bubble, away from keyboard, and let's go do something.