[tcoppi]

I completely agree, I don't think it will end up being a massive disaster in the long-run, precisely because people will be thinking about how to solve them. Quick dismissal of the potential problems that could result does not help us solve them.

[collyw]

Sounds like what many politicians have been saying about global warming for 20 years or so. The scientists will figure something out. We haven't figured out much so far (yet we have worked out how to extract more fossil fuels via fracking).

[Joof]

So far society seems to deal with long-term (multi a generational) problems poorly. This is fine up until it starts to cause significant damage and can't be reversed in a short timespan. Global warming may be this problem.

Elon Musk may be having success changing those huge incentives, but relying on revolutionaries like that isn't ideal and might not work.