I become more and more pessimistic by the day that we can overcome these aspects of human nature. Sure, we can probably get some subset of the population to ove

I become more and more pessimistic by the day that we can overcome these aspects of human nature. Sure, we can probably get some subset of the population to overcome these traits, but we need the vast majority of people to sacrifice their current comfort for the good of the planet and future generations. I just don't see that happening, unfortunately. Our response to covid, especially in the west has been abysmal and that was a relatively easy testcase which we've failed (Asian countries have generally done much better, though). I think that in order for us to save nature we need to get away from our western utilitarian view of nature - the idea that nature is here for us to exploit and exists only to the extent that it furthers our goals. But these are deep-seated beliefs that are very difficult to change on a mass scale in a relatively short period of time - it would take generations and we don't have that kind of time.