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by jawarner 1482 days ago
There are physiological adaptations as well. People in hotter climates are still going to get good sleep. It’s just when there are hotter temperatures than people are used to that sleep is impaired, and also that adaptive mechanism only works so well, and there is disparate impact for people in different climates. At a certain point, there are heat waves or very hot temperatures that simply aren’t conducive to human life.

100% agree about the urgency to make an economic system that is compatible with climate stability and thus with human life.