[jbu]

News people don't like is often dismissed as 'hysterics', 'alarmism', etc, which is a well known cognitive bias. Nearly all people trying to improve the future do so sensibly, following established processes and norms and trying to be nice, but you haven't heard of these people because that's not how change is made in the face of established power that doesn't want the change. Most of that good work gets sunk. Change in the face of vested interests is 'noisy, hysterical, disagreeable', at least to the vested interests.

[woooooo]

Step 1: Nobody likes hysterics or alarmism

Step 2: Hey no need to point fingers here or say "I told you so", we're all dealing with this.

[Sakos]

> Step 2: Hey no need to point fingers here or say "I told you so", we're all dealing with this.

Are we? It looks like the vast majority of people are looking away and blaming climate change scientists and activists for not doing enough or doing it wrong or whatever else instead. Some of us are dealing with it, the rest don't realize we're all in the same sinking boat.

[woooooo]

Step 2 is the "find out" phase, the pattern is consistent for every fuckup I've been a part of. Noone wants to hear how obvious it was.

[FormerBandmate]

What change are activists actually making? The only significant change I’ve seen in this field is from green tech

[runarberg]

Activist’s goal is to change policy from government, when an activist campaign is successful, the politician takes the credit.

Here is an example of an actual climate activist reacting to an actual policy which he helped influence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw5zzrOpo2s