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What people _believe_ is largely irrelevant in almost all situations, whether you mean the voters or the elected officials. Only actions matter. This is not ju
by new2628 7y ago
What people _believe_ is largely irrelevant in almost all situations, whether you mean the voters or the elected officials. Only actions matter.
This is not just semantics, some who believe in global warming fly every month or week, some who don't believe in global warming have not flown their entire life (to pick just one example). The latter do more to mitigate it than the former.
- rapind 7y agoThis is the issue. What people believe can be influenced, especially as it becomes increasingly inconvenient. Consider how many people are aware of social network micro manipulation / nudging but couldn't be bothered to just stop using Facebook. It's an easy action, easier than voting even, but it's not worth the inconvenience for the vast majority (yet). Climate change has some really terrible consequences, but until it gets real for people they'll only suffer so much inconvenience. My own pet peeve is when recycling bins get thrown in with the garbage... Shitty solutions will regress us, but shitty solutions are necessary for iteration, so /shrug.
- badfrog 7y ago> The latter do more to mitigate it than the former. Electing leaders who ignore the problem does way more harm than the lifestyles of average people.
- jonbronson 7y agoExcept individual actions pale in comparison to the impact of industry. The single most impactful action individuals can take to combat climate change is not fly less, or use less water. It's voting for politicians that actually enact meaningful policy. Without that, the number of flights we all take is irrelevant.