People who think/wish that worsening climate fundamentals leading to #heatwave events will suddenly sensitize society to environmental #sustainability are probably counting themselves prematurely rich.Just a few years ago we had a planetary scale biological #pandemic risk event which is now almost forgotten. As soon as stress subsides prevalent cultures and mental models reassert themselves, like an elastic band that returns to its base stateReal change does happen but is infuriatingly slow

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[–] [S] 1 point 4 months ago

So instead of waiting like lemmings to fall over a cliff before we change direction, we need to change directions, adjust our consensus smoothly and continuously, as new factual information arises. It sounds ambitious, if not completely utopic, but this is ultimately imho the real task for the #fediverse and genuine #socialnetworks more broadly.Its not a technology issue - all the hardware and software exists. Its primarily a sociopolitical choice to better ground discourse on reality.

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