> I am not saying global warming is great, but unless it will reduce us to something worse than an industrialized society it is worth it. What if it's industri

> I am not saying global warming is great, but unless it will reduce us to something worse than an industrialized society it is worth it. What if it's industrialized, but can only manage output comparable to, say, the world in 1930? So it'd be like a housewarming party so wild it renders the house uninhabitable and you have to go back to living wherever you did before. And this exchange is a good illustration of "why idea of progress fell out of favor in the course of the 20th century": there are legitimate reasons to expect the future will be worse than today. When we were optimistic about progress, we couldn't see the cliff ahead that we can see now. Also, we've been myopic in a way very typical of a tech forum: focusing on technology and forgetting about everything else.