You say, "I want to create an informed and aware group of “influencers” who are primed and ready for when the “Other 90%” of the population “wakes up”."
I agree with your direction and roughly the numbers but not so much about what that 90% will do or become. Human history indicates that the vast, vast majority will go into some sort of denial, much as we see today. Pareto suggests that no more than 20% will get it and act on it.
Unfortunately, that segment, whether 20% or 90% or somewhere in between, will have to attend to a world with a horrendous mountain of dead bodies, likely for decades. Primarily human but I think all life forms will suffer monumental mortalities in a +2 degree world. Even worse in a 3-5 degree world which is assured in the 22nd Century. Or sooner?
It's going to be very difficult to maintain a go forward, development attitude in this scenario. I think the work you are doing is extremely important to those who will be active in this short, brutal and nasty world they have been left with.
I honestly think your analysis is correct, I already in my regional climate don’t believe NWS, reality, seems to not line up. Not huge yet, but the 100 years or so of the stable data that drives the forecast are not reliable in my mind. You have to wonder at what point is each day’s worry going to contain a level of what will the world throw at me today? There’s some other guy on here, he wrote a piece about how easy it is to fix this crisis. I gathered he was a we just have to stop burning carbon and everything will level off type. He even claims he has worked out the engineering and physics to support his claim. Needless to say, the commenters would think me crazy for wishing him well in spite of it, and he, being BS. One fella accused me of being an AI Agent? Anyways, more people need to realize, like you’ve said, that future they are chasing no longer exists.
I think Wallace-Wells had a child, which of course changes one's outlook on the future. It's very hard for even the strongest willed people to believe in a future so bleak for one's progeny.
You say, "I want to create an informed and aware group of “influencers” who are primed and ready for when the “Other 90%” of the population “wakes up”."
I agree with your direction and roughly the numbers but not so much about what that 90% will do or become. Human history indicates that the vast, vast majority will go into some sort of denial, much as we see today. Pareto suggests that no more than 20% will get it and act on it.
Unfortunately, that segment, whether 20% or 90% or somewhere in between, will have to attend to a world with a horrendous mountain of dead bodies, likely for decades. Primarily human but I think all life forms will suffer monumental mortalities in a +2 degree world. Even worse in a 3-5 degree world which is assured in the 22nd Century. Or sooner?
It's going to be very difficult to maintain a go forward, development attitude in this scenario. I think the work you are doing is extremely important to those who will be active in this short, brutal and nasty world they have been left with.
WW III is already in motion. Looking back from the future you can see it forming up right now.
Whatever happens, I think World War 3 will happen as a farewell gift from our collapsing society
Some big numbers coming out of Svalbard now https://x.com/Daaanvdb/status/1829857901353083333
I honestly think your analysis is correct, I already in my regional climate don’t believe NWS, reality, seems to not line up. Not huge yet, but the 100 years or so of the stable data that drives the forecast are not reliable in my mind. You have to wonder at what point is each day’s worry going to contain a level of what will the world throw at me today? There’s some other guy on here, he wrote a piece about how easy it is to fix this crisis. I gathered he was a we just have to stop burning carbon and everything will level off type. He even claims he has worked out the engineering and physics to support his claim. Needless to say, the commenters would think me crazy for wishing him well in spite of it, and he, being BS. One fella accused me of being an AI Agent? Anyways, more people need to realize, like you’ve said, that future they are chasing no longer exists.
Sobering compilation, Richard.
I think Wallace-Wells had a child, which of course changes one's outlook on the future. It's very hard for even the strongest willed people to believe in a future so bleak for one's progeny.