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by Joof 3605 days ago
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.