Fortunately many smart folks can anticipate major systemic issues that threaten to create exponential and devastating societal harms, and start working on them

Fortunately many smart folks can anticipate major systemic issues that threaten to create exponential and devastating societal harms, and start working on them as early as possible. Would the following statement be you, in 1980? "Climate change is one of the least important issues of our day. The few people who care about it are unable to produce specific harms burning coal and oil creates." (Downvoted for the inflammatory mouth foam comment, FYI.)