We are wired to try to solve by addition, not by subtraction, for a complex system that we destabilized by adding something, adding even more things is the road

We are wired to try to solve by addition, not by subtraction, for a complex system that we destabilized by adding something, adding even more things is the road to even more destabilization and emergent (usually very destructive) behaviours. That is a useful heuristic on how to deal with things we don't understand fully, it won't go back to the old normal, but have better odds to not worsen a lot things by our new actions. So, to keep pressing the pedal till somewhat, magically, it solves itself is probably the wrong approach. Maybe there is no right approach, maybe there is no solution if you factor not just the planet but the human system that made things this way and keep worsening it. But even as token measure try to move in the right direction is more meaningful than doing it in the wrong one, you are not isolated, more people may follow what you do in either direction. And about the cost/damage of trying the "right" approach in the short term, it probably will be far cheaper than taking the wrong one in a bit longer term. Not caring about the long term is to make sure to have a near enough time limit, essentially a suicidal approach.