I agree with you generally about the hubris of people, even highly educated, re: the ability to forecast the future. And even accepting the predictions of vario

I agree with you generally about the hubris of people, even highly educated, re: the ability to forecast the future. And even accepting the predictions of various reports, etc. it's not completely clear that the world will be as bad as most are saying. We're richer than ever, all forecasts seem to point to a better world where even under the threat of climate change we'd be better off to cope with it than in any other timeline or point in history.