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Nevermind the video, but you're right to doubt climate change being the most serious issue. Nobody even knows if it will be as bad as World War II, and that its
by lopmotr 7y ago
Nevermind the video, but you're right to doubt climate change being the most serious issue. Nobody even knows if it will be as bad as World War II, and that itself was not as bad as 20th century communism when measured in deaths. So maybe unknowable future wars or political changes are a more serious issue. Or maybe all the people dying from disease, especially in the 3rd world. Or peak population where the world begins to run out of useful young people? Antibiotic resistance? Declining IQs? Society and culture making people suffer emotionally all their lives? There are so many candidates.
- imtringued 7y agoWhy would you care about something that only affects a handful of generations? Progress in the middle ages ground to a halt for multiple centuries but once we revisited ancient knowledge during the renaissance we started progressing at full speed again. The impact of climate change is not limited to a few generations. You can't just reverse it by reading a book and teaching everyone about how people solved problems 1000 years ago. Our modern world is barely 200 years old. It can be reinvented in no time but only if there is nothing standing in our way.