re: #121 freetoken

What can I say… none of us is promised a “tomorrow.”

Seriously, this is at the heart of the matter. Humans by nature, by evolution, have attention spans of around one day, with a large discounting of the future built into our thinking process.

Given the nature of the animal (Homo sapiens), working against our built in traits is almost a futile attempt.

The development of agriculture and civilization around 10 to 15 thousand years ago was a big step for our species.

Figuring out how to live on the only planet we have, for the next 10 thousand years, is the next big step.

There is no guarantee of success in the great game of survival of the fittest.

I’m looking for “muddling through” time, because that is the human default strategy. If reducing greenhouse gases radically and quickly wouldn’t
prevent a runaway, the political sell for action gets tough.