• purpleprophy@feddit.uk
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    12 hours ago

    “It’s not real until I notice it” is, unfortunately, a feature of human psychology. The good news is that the evidence is undeniable now and more and more people are waking up to the fact that our way of living is unsustainable. There’s still hope we can rise up and rein this in before complete collapse.

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      10 hours ago

      This might actually be part of our ability to think abstractly. Apparently prior generations (circa 1900) had a more difficult time with abstract ideas. I wonder if this apparent selfishness is more of a lack of capability

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        9 hours ago

        Dont forget big oil has spent an ungodly amount of money on keeping the general populace skeptical of reality. Punishment for that is long over due and I have no hope it ever will.