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We are doomed The problem is that literally 'we' are probably OK. Our grand kids or their kids on the other hand might very well be doomed, but humans are bad
by dagw 5y ago
We are doomed
The problem is that literally 'we' are probably OK. Our grand kids or their kids on the other hand might very well be doomed, but humans are bad and dealing with those sort of time frames.
- adrianN 5y agoIf you're younger than forty, it's likely that you'll live to see pretty bad effects of climate change.
- dagw 5y agoLive to see them, most likely. Live to personally experience them become so bad your quality of life even begins to approach something close to "doom", probably not. Assuming you are reasonably middle class or above and living in a G7ish nation of course.
- h0nd 5y agoInterestingly, at the same time humans are said to have the capability of knowing the consequences of their actions as a very prominent distinction from animals.
- dagw 5y agoWe're even better at rationalizing away the consequences of our actions.