Aug 1, 2021

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Why Unrealistic Optimism Will Kill Us All — Literally

Positive thinking feels nice, but it won’t fix the climate

Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash

“The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.”
— Albert Einstein

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