> we must accept that moving "fast and breaking things" at planetary scale is no longer a viable strategy. It never was, and we knew it. Whole civilization wen

> we must accept that moving "fast and breaking things" at planetary scale is no longer a viable strategy. It never was, and we knew it. Whole civilization went extinct when they depleted their sources of food or energy (e.g. wood) or poisoned themselves. It's not ignorance. People in power took deliberate decisions to prioritize their interests. E.g. "COAL CONSUMPTION AFFECTING CLIMATE" was published on 1912 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ROTWKG19120814.2.56.5 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ROTWKG19120814.... (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_climate_change_science https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_climate_change_scie... )