Climate Crisis Awareness

Many of our delusions about climate change have developed naturally as part of human evolution.

The spatial and temporal scope of climate change hampers our ability to meaningfully address the problem.

Our brains have evolved to focus on immediate threats to short-term survival, not long-term threats like climate change.

<p>Evolutionary biology, climate science, cognitive research, and psychology are mentioned.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The text suggests that it may be possible for humanity to collectively bridge the gap between short-term and long-term thinking.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Humanity's psychological resistance to ecological change and the need for changes to avoid irreversible cataclysm.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They hamper our ability to meaningfully address a problem with the spatial and temporal scope of climate change.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Our brains have evolved to meet immediate challenges to short-term survival, not long-term threats.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Evolutionary biology, climate science, cognitive research, and psychology.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It is possible for humanity to collectively bridge the gap between short-term and long-term thinking.</p> Signup and view all the answers