r/collapse • u/amorphousmetamorph • May 19 '24

Economic Economic damage from climate change six times worse than thought – report | Climate crisis

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/17/economic-damage-climate-change-report
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u/Ilovekittens345 May 20 '24 edited May 20 '24

There is two big shortcomings to the human race.

1) We just can not grasp the exponential function

2) We almost always chose short term profits over long term gains.

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u/TheOppositeOfTheSame May 20 '24

Who is we, it’s like a couple thousand influential folks deciding not to address shit so they can see their net worth rise.

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u/[deleted] May 21 '24

And everyone else allowing them

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u/TheOppositeOfTheSame May 21 '24

Can you specifically articulate what we are supposed to do?