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You post literally what the prevailing attitude has been for the past 50 years, claim to wonder why anyone takes you seriously, then say "just a prank, bro?"

• globular-toast 5y ago
  Nobody actually says it out loud. The point of the comment is, nobody cares what the cost is. They only care about what they get now. So we'll pick whichever one has the highest short-term gain especially if there is a plausible promise of future technology solving all the problems.
  • fulafel 5y ago
    People care, there's evidence, see eg this survey: https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2021/09/14/in-response-to-climate-change-citizens-in-advanced-economies-are-willing-to-alter-how-they-live-and-work/ https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2021/09/14/in-response-to... (look eg under "Many across the world willing to change how they live and work to reduce effects of climate change")
    • globular-toast 5y ago
      Your link seems to show that people care about the effects it will have on them. I can't find anything about future generations.
      • fulafel 5y ago
        There's a big difference between merely "now" and "personally" which for most people implies many decades of time horizon left in their lifetimes. Also many questions were not related to concerns for effects on the personal sphere, eg "Willing to change how they live and work to combat the effects of global warming" which also got high scores.