The negativity might be warranted because we are actually running out of time with the climate emergency. It's a pessimism rooted in something very real and something very terrifying.

So sorry if I seem a bit negative. I'm going to work on my garden as soon as it warms and enjoy my family.

P.S.

It's not academia that has conservative views, but the workplaces most people here occupy as they crush any radical idea quickly and efficiently.