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I suspect upgrading the phrasing to "emergency" is just going to have the opposite effect and make people care less. Sort of like how no one cares about the "TH
by oh_sigh 6y ago
I suspect upgrading the phrasing to "emergency" is just going to have the opposite effect and make people care less. Sort of like how no one cares about the "THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS CHEMICALS KNOWN TO THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO CAUSE CANCER" warnings that are on literally everything.
- nsxwolf 6y ago"Emergency" in the public consciousness is a heart attack or a fire. Applying the word to something that operates over such long time scales just isn't going to work.
- DangitBobby 6y agoThere just isn't a good word for "immediate and drastic action is needed to slow or hopefully reverse the catalysts of what will already be severe, society collapsing series of events over many decades." We don't live long enough for our brains to fully appreciate a crisis which evolves so slowly, even if we trust the people who are doing research on it.