silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 year agoIf I was feeling hopeless about the climate, what of the scientists? So I asked themwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up159arrow-down12cross-posted to: geography@mander.xyz
arrow-up157arrow-down1external-linkIf I was feeling hopeless about the climate, what of the scientists? So I asked themwww.theguardian.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square10fedilinkcross-posted to: geography@mander.xyz
minus-squarehotair@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoI read somewhere that it is normal of humans to overestimate progress in the short term, and underestimate it in the long term. That gives me hope, assuming we have a long enough term for all this progress to manifest.
minus-squareJummit@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoI think we have underestimated how much progress has been made on killing the planet.
I read somewhere that it is normal of humans to overestimate progress in the short term, and underestimate it in the long term.
That gives me hope, assuming we have a long enough term for all this progress to manifest.
I think we have underestimated how much progress has been made on killing the planet.