Re:Ask HN: How do you deal with Climate Change induced depre...
by jfengel on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @11:07AM
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My depression comes less from climate change (a future problem) and more from the climate denialism, which is a very present problem.
In my experience, there is a huge overlap between climate change deniers and COVID deniers. It's hard to pin any particular deaths on climate change, but you can find people admitting as they die from COVID that they were wrong. The link is direct and obvious and we still can't fix it.
There are so many current, serious problems where we don't get to hold sincere discussions of solutions because they're drowned out by the outright denial of reality. It's not just the world in 2100; it's the world today.
I'm not sure it really helps you to replace the vague, distant dread of climate change with an immediate horror. But maybe it will push you in the direction of a more direct action with a more direct consequence.
I'll admit that I haven't been very effective, either. Answers like this one are about the best I've come up with, and you can already guess what kinds of replies I'm likely to get to it. But if I can help make your perspective clearer, perhaps I'll have done some good.
In my experience, there is a huge overlap between climate change deniers and COVID deniers. It's hard to pin any particular deaths on climate change, but you can find people admitting as they die from COVID that they were wrong. The link is direct and obvious and we still can't fix it.
There are so many current, serious problems where we don't get to hold sincere discussions of solutions because they're drowned out by the outright denial of reality. It's not just the world in 2100; it's the world today.
I'm not sure it really helps you to replace the vague, distant dread of climate change with an immediate horror. But maybe it will push you in the direction of a more direct action with a more direct consequence.
I'll admit that I haven't been very effective, either. Answers like this one are about the best I've come up with, and you can already guess what kinds of replies I'm likely to get to it. But if I can help make your perspective clearer, perhaps I'll have done some good.