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We jumped into global lockdowns throwing millions out of work and halving major Economies with little information on what the effects would be. I worry if peop
by mrfusion 6y ago
We jumped into global lockdowns throwing millions out of work and halving major Economies with little information on what the effects would be.
I worry if people get in a panic about global warming there could be similar rash actions that might be worse than the problem.
Mass panic feedback loops are definitely a threat we should now be aware of.
(Edit. Of course global warming is a big problem and this could be a good solution.)
- gnramires 6y agoThink of it another way. We've endured a harsh global economic crisis for about 380k deaths (or 0.5% mortality). The human and environmental costs of climate change could be significantly worse, and we know the cost is probably on par with the costs of the pandemic (and it can be distributed over longer time frames). We absolutely can deal with it. The problem is that a pandemic seems very urgent and scary and climate change is something that will affect us in a few decades. Dealing with it in panic mode would be very costly.