That is the problem, sure, each individual can 'see' the problem, but as groups, as a species, we are captured by our circumstances, and continue to overconsum

That is the problem, sure, each individual can 'see' the problem, but as groups, as a species, we are captured by our circumstances, and continue to overconsume, pollute, etc... It becomes "Moloch" again, everyone has budgets, deadlines, need to eat, need to sex. As a group we don't seem able to change course. We are "on a world ruled by 195 mutually-hostile and frequently-shifting coalitions of over-evolved murder-monkeys, many of whom have nuclear weapons. " Hence, evolutionary dead end.