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‘Positive cascades could help accelerate change’: social tipping points expert on fixing climate crisis (www.theguardian.com)
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[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

I agree with you. I'm a middle aged fart and I have heard of the upcoming tipping point too many times since the 90's. Still waiting on it.

However, I can't help but stating that either we deal with both at the same time or we'll have no chance to deal with either.

Maybe the collapse of the current form of civilization is inevitable. There's even people who believe it should be accelerated. Me? I don't know what to think. I know the solutions. I've known them for a long time. It's the people I don't know what to do about. The complacency, the apathy, the ignorance and arrogance...

What I do know is life is miserable without hope.

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