[[2022-01-02]]❌
jordan peterson podcast on climate change #capture #inbox - climate has become religious for some activists (in the absence of religion). meaning providing. so disagreeing with them takes on a spiritual dimension. an attack on their personhood, in a way.
the alarm is the point. when viable solutions are sidelined (nuclear, solutions for farming in south america that preserve forests, investment in certain areas, etc.) you get a hint that solutions aren’t the goal - alarm is the goal. solutions would end the alarm, actually.
you see this with covid, too. for all the hope of herd immunity, people are freaking out about high case counts with Omicron. what did you think endemicness would look like?