Should We Chill out About Global Warming?

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: John Horgan <jhorgan () stevens edu>
> Date: March 8, 2018 at 3:28:18 PM EST
> To: Dave Farber <farber () gmail com>
> Cc: John Horgan <jhorgan () stevens edu>
> Subject: Should We Chill out About Global Warming?
>
> Dave, I thought your list might find this column interesting. Cheers, John
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> Should We Chill Out about Global Warming?
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> Two “ecomodernists” argue that continued progress in science and other realms will help us overcome environmental 
> problems.
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> I work hard to maintain my optimistic outlook. Wishful thinking works. The first step toward building a more healthy, 
> peaceful, just world is to believe we can do it. So how do I deal with all the bad news about climate change? U.S. 
> officials are rolling back regulations designed to curb global warming even as reports flood in about its scale and 
> potential consequences.
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> I have thus found solace in two new essays that offer upbeat takes on our environmental future. Both reflect the 
> outlook of ecomodernism, a movement I have written about here and here. One essay, published in the ecomodernist 
> Breakthrough Journal, is by mega-pundit Steven Pinker. I have knocked Pinker for his views on the roots of war and 
> other matters, but in general I appreciate his empirically-based optimism....
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> Continue reading at https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/should-we-chill-out-about-global-warming/​]



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