• @riodoro1
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    235 days ago

    Yes, but shareholders are profiting so who the fuck cares.

  • @[email protected]
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    115 days ago

    I’ve been aware since the mid 90s i would likely get to witness the fall of the human race. What an exciting time to live in. Terrible, but exciting.

  • @[email protected]
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    105 days ago

    I can live cause I’m rich and can afford a compound though :) No I don’t wonder about where all the things I use that have massive production chains come from, why do you ask?

      • @[email protected]
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        65 days ago

        Most scientists make terrible leaders and communicators though. It would be sufficient if politicians followed science reports made by the scientists. But instead they follow the money and whatever gets them reelected.

  • xiao
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    75 days ago

    The problem is there are too few decision-makers who listen to scientists, or electoral pressure prevents them from taking more radical measures, or they are influenced by lobbyists, or…

    • @[email protected]
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      45 days ago

      “Electoral pressure” just means regular people don’t actually care that much, no? That seems like a big part of the problem to me.