You're getting dangerously close to suggesting that people should actually have agency in deciding which problems they care more about, and put their resources

You're getting dangerously close to suggesting that people should actually have agency in deciding which problems they care more about, and put their resources towards solving those problems. Surely the article couldn't be wrong; are you saying there are people other than a few wealthy easily demonized individuals who have priorities that society as a whole isn't paying attention to yet? In all seriousness: yes, it ought to be sufficient to accept that different people have different utility functions, and that there are options other than "solve a problem collectively as a society" and "don't do anything about this problem at all". There needs to be a path to solve problems before those problems rise to broader attention. For some reason, the article seems to be attempting to lump EA/x-risk/etc thinking together with those ignoring or downplaying climate-change. In practice, I've seen many folks who care about existential risks speaking very actively about needing to do something about climate change sooner rather than later.