This essay is a reaction to Don’t Even Think About It, by George Marshall. This is not an academic work. It is conversational and accessible, and I found it interesting enough to want to inflict my response on an unsuspecting world. TL;DR ”The bottom line is that we do not accept climate change because we wish to avoid the anxiety it generates and the deep changes it requires. In this regard, it is not unlike any other major threat. However, because it carries none of the clear markers that would normally lead our brains to overrule our short-term interests, we actively conspire with each other, and mobilize our own biases to keep it perpetually in the background.” (p228)
A Reaction to “Don’t Even Think About It”
A Reaction to “Don’t Even Think About It”
A Reaction to “Don’t Even Think About It”
This essay is a reaction to Don’t Even Think About It, by George Marshall. This is not an academic work. It is conversational and accessible, and I found it interesting enough to want to inflict my response on an unsuspecting world. TL;DR ”The bottom line is that we do not accept climate change because we wish to avoid the anxiety it generates and the deep changes it requires. In this regard, it is not unlike any other major threat. However, because it carries none of the clear markers that would normally lead our brains to overrule our short-term interests, we actively conspire with each other, and mobilize our own biases to keep it perpetually in the background.” (p228)