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This is obviously sensationalist bullshit. The Guardian writer, Nafeez Ahmed, has produced a string of highly exaggerated articles in the past[1]. Very surprise

by spikels 13y ago

This is obviously sensationalist bullshit. The Guardian writer, Nafeez Ahmed, has produced a string of highly exaggerated articles in the past[1]. Very surprised that the Guardian publishes this crap but it seems that highly politicized subjects like climate change and income inequality have different standards. [1] http://www.theguardian.com/profile/nafeez-ahmed http://www.theguardian.com/profile/nafeez-ahmed

ssully 13y ago
While I am not saying this is some universal truth or anything like that, but I have found these kind of articles to be wildly popular amongst cynical students at my college. There is something about the idea of "The world is fucked, and I will be here to watch it burn!" that seems to really click with these people.
- colomon 13y ago
  They seem to do well on HN too...
- danbruc 13y ago
  Well, it seems to be in human nature to try to extinguish itself. Acid rain, ozone hole, global warming, wars, especially the nuclear arms race, ... seems only a question of time until we succeed by accident.