Bruce Schneier (circa 2015): As we look back at the post-industrial age and wonder "How could they have been oblivious to the pollution of the industrial age", 20 years from now, people will look back at present day and wonder "How could they have let so much information pollution with absolute disregard".
Actually, people in 2039 looking back at climate change alarmists in 2019 will think "those idiots actually thought the government could change the climate!"
They'll clearly see that the computer climate models of 2019 where worthless (many of us IN 2019 already know that) and that climate was poorly understood.
Actually, people in 2039 looking back at climate change alarmists in 2019 will think "those idiots actually thought the government could change the climate!" They'll clearly see that the computer climate models of 2019 where worthless (many of us IN 2019 already know that) and that climate was poorly understood.
Not only that but in the future we will look back to today and wonder how we could think that the climate of 2019 was somehow ideal. Like most everything in engineering there is compromise. Assuming we could geo-engineer the planet there will be dispute on what levels of which gasses is "best". There was a lot of climate change before humans came along, and still plenty after. Some of those changes could be considered beneficial.
What might be their thought could be something like... "Those idiots actual
Spoken only as someone with the smug assumption that they are rich enough and powerful enough to just spend a bit of cash and move somewhere nicer. Of course we don't give a shit about the scummy black people living in places like Bangladesh because when the tides rise and drown them it will be one less thing to have to worry about. No one gives a shit about them and what climate change is going to do to them because they are poor, so fuck them.
I do not have a very good opinion about people having watched t
I do not have a very good opinion about people having watched them for 50 years or so, the evidence suggests they aspire to little that differentiates them from animals.
That was pretty easy to discern from your view on the Bangladeshi's. What? You thought we'd mistake your projection for facts about 'the other'?
I don't think (s)he meant it that way. I think (s)he was referring to people who say things like: "Amsterdam will get the climate of Southern France. What's not to like about that?" and never talk about the people who live further south.
In 2039, 2019 will be like 1970s viewed from 2019 (Score:1)
Bruce Schneier (circa 2015): As we look back at the post-industrial age and wonder "How could they have been oblivious to the pollution of the industrial age", 20 years from now, people will look back at present day and wonder "How could they have let so much information pollution with absolute disregard".
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I think they will look back and think: “Why didn’t they prevent climate change?” They knew it would happen for 30 years already back then!
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Actually, people in 2039 looking back at climate change alarmists in 2019 will think "those idiots actually thought the government could change the climate!" They'll clearly see that the computer climate models of 2019 where worthless (many of us IN 2019 already know that) and that climate was poorly understood.
Not only that but in the future we will look back to today and wonder how we could think that the climate of 2019 was somehow ideal. Like most everything in engineering there is compromise. Assuming we could geo-engineer the planet there will be dispute on what levels of which gasses is "best". There was a lot of climate change before humans came along, and still plenty after. Some of those changes could be considered beneficial.
What might be their thought could be something like... "Those idiots actual
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Spoken only as someone with the smug assumption that they are rich enough and powerful enough to just spend a bit of cash and move somewhere nicer. Of course we don't give a shit about the scummy black people living in places like Bangladesh because when the tides rise and drown them it will be one less thing to have to worry about. No one gives a shit about them and what climate change is going to do to them because they are poor, so fuck them.
I do not have a very good opinion about people having watched t
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That was pretty easy to discern from your view on the Bangladeshi's. What? You thought we'd mistake your projection for facts about 'the other'?
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I don't think (s)he meant it that way. I think (s)he was referring to people who say things like: "Amsterdam will get the climate of Southern France. What's not to like about that?" and never talk about the people who live further south.
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Amsterdam will have the climate of southern France AND be underwater.