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Merely surviving is different from being happy you survived. I am not sure it will feel like much of a victory when you survive to bake in intense heat every su
by voisin 3y ago
Merely surviving is different from being happy you survived. I am not sure it will feel like much of a victory when you survive to bake in intense heat every summer and breath smoke filled air, or lose your mansion to a hurricane or tornado.
This whole mindset of “at least I profited” seems to rely on the notion that there is somewhere on the planet that will still be safe and enjoyable to live in as the climate apocalypse settles in. I don’t see where that is.
- selestify 3y agoThere may not be an enjoyable place to live on earth when the climate apocalypse hits, but at least having more money will mean less personal suffering for yourself. Given how unlikely that the world will actually get its act together to prevent such an apocalypse from happening, you might as well assume it’s going to happen anyways and prepare accordingly
- paulcole 3y agoIf the number of safe and enjoyable places to live approaches 0, it will be much much much better to have “at least profited” than to have not profited.
- voisin 3y agoWell, I think this is the philosophy that is making the number of safe and enjoyable places to live approach zero!