Fresh from its victory in the Cold War, Think Progress takes time off from explaining its role in Breshnev's downfall to tell us how ( CUE MOZART):
"Wallace-Wells tries to make what seems trivial and abstract as concrete and visceral as possible with chapter titles such as:
"Wallace-Wells tries to make what seems trivial and abstract as concrete and visceral as possible with chapter titles such as:
“Heat Death,”
“Hunger,”
“Drowning,”
“Wildfire,”
“Hunger,”
“Drowning,”
“Wildfire,”
halfway through the book he says, in all caps,
“IF YOU HAVE MADE IT THIS FAR,
YOU ARE A BRAVE READER. "
“Unbreathable Air,”
“Plagues of Warming,”
“Economic Collapse,” and
“Climate Conflict.”
“Plagues of Warming,”
“Economic Collapse,” and
“Climate Conflict.”
And He admits that any of those chapters contains,
“enough horror to induce a panic attack in even
the most optimistic of those considering it.”
But, he adds, the science makes clear that
“You are not merely considering it; you are about to embark on living it. In many places, we already are.”
