I have three competing reactions to this news. The first is something much more extreme than "yikes!" The second is that this news -- as other commenters have

I have three competing reactions to this news. The first is something much more extreme than "yikes!" The second is that this news -- as other commenters have noted -- means that there will be plenty of startup opportunities related to climate change. We are already seeing the initial phases of revolutions in food, power, and transportation technologies. Just today I discovered a startup building a radically more efficient small airplane. [https://www.ottoaviation.com https://www.ottoaviation.com] The 700+ years number will likely fall, and the question is by how much. But the technological solutions will only get us so far, which brings me to the third thing: 35 generations seems daunting. Especially because urgent problems usually go hand in hand with fixes that get applied quickly. Climate change however is an urgent problem with long-term implications and long-term solutions. At the same time, the culture(s) of Aboriginal Australian and Torres Straight Islander people the oldest continuous cultures are estimated to be ~ 200 - 250 generations old. In other words, though 35 generations is formidable, it is not unheard of -- certain spas and hotels in Japan have been operating for longer than that. And perhaps we should somehow set a target for ten generations, and see how much progress we can make in that time.