There are serious people predicting the collapse of global civilization by 2050. I think that might be about right. One of the things we should have learned f

There are serious people predicting the collapse of global civilization by 2050. I think that might be about right. One of the things we should have learned from the consequences of the COVID pandemic measures is that global supply chains are extremely fragile, and once things start breaking down, getting them restarted again takes a huge amount of effort. Eventually, if we don't do anything, we'll reach a point where the amount we're spending on mitigation measures becomes nearly equal to the the damage caused from the consequences we're supposed to be mitigating. At that point, it all becomes pretty pointless.