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• jfengel 3y ago
  If we wait for panic, it's gonna be really, really bad. We've been "concerned" for a long time. We've done very little about it. The entire point is that they're trying to get people to take it seriously before it's time to panic. When there's cause to panic, it's much, much too late. I'd say it's already too late, because we can't even get people to "concerned". There are too many people ideologically or financially insistent that it's all a hoax, and that there's nothing to be concerned about. I'd say that the fact that so many people aren't even concerned is cause for panic. Panic of the form: "This is all so obvious that one of us must be incredibly stupid, and increasing levels of evidence points to you."