If the risk of a plane crashing was as high as the risk of the AMOC collapsing, none of us would ever fly because they would not let the plane take off. And the idea that our little spaceship, our planet, is under the risk of essentially crashing and we’re still continuing business as usual is mindblowing. I think part of the problem is that people feel distant from the dangers and don’t realise the children we have in our homes today are threatened with a chaotic, disastrous, unliveable future. Talking about the risks of catastrophe is a very useful way to overcome this kind of false distance.
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/amoc.html
^ A basic explainer on the AMOC from the now functionally extinct National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Also a note on the article
It depends. I talk about three different kinds of doomerism. One is the despair that arises from misunderstanding the science and thinking we’re absolutely on the path to collapse within 20 or 30 years, no matter what we do. That is not true.
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There is a difference between nihilism and truth, and the truth is it is far too late AND we are now accelerating towards the thing we were previously braking to avoid. I am done with empty centrist optimism, get your affairs in order, probably don't have kids, and be real about how many years you have left with a reasonable quality of life because no matter your age it isn't a lot.