🌿 Environment 4h ago · Jay Van Bavel

The problem with telling people the world is ending

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The problem with telling people the world is ending
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In the face of terrible crises, it can feel right to shock people into action. But what if that has the opposite effect?These days, it’s easy to succumb to hopelessness. Whether you’re thinking about the climate crisis, the prospect of AI apocalypse, war or political turmoil, the list of challenges facing humanity can seem insurmountable.It certainly feels unprecedented, and much of it may be. The sense of impending doom, on the other hand, is nothing new. And what we have learned from the past

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