Note This post may be offensive to religious, spiritualist, or superstitious people. Sorry, but these are my views. I'm open to having them changed but tempering them for this post would not be helpful. Trump just appointed a climate change denier to lead the EPA transition. Source It is too late for us to be doing things like this. We have blundered humanity's endgame and we're all totally fucked. It isn't just the damage we have done already or the damage Trump will do as president. It is the fact that humans are generally stupid. By stupid I do not mean low mental capacity. I mean we believe things that do not make sense, and disbelieve things that are apparent. Empiricism and rationality are the only insights we have into wisdom. If you believe in climate change but also believe that astrology or praying to the right God affects outcomes, you're still part of the problem. You can't take principled opposition to those who deny the consensus achieved by exhaustive scientific research and analysis if you believe in those things, and until there is a consensus on the general nature of reality problems this big will not be solved. I now believe the Great Filter solution to the Fermi Paradox is correct and that is where we are headed. Every, or almost every, intelligent technological species will develop the ability to influence the ecology of their planet on a level that will undermine the basis of its own existence. We will continue to do damage until the atmosphere and oceans are so full of carbon that a mass extinction like the Permian–Triassic extinction event will be unavoidable. The election of Trump is not the cause of this, or even a major event. It may be an impetus for this post but that's not what I'm saying at all. We're all fucked, not because of who Trump is, but because of what humanity is. We're both too smart and too stupid for our own good. PLEASE do not post telling me climate change is a myth. I'm not trying to make fun of you or insult you, but I'm just letting you know in advance that it isn't a convincing argument.
We're headed toward a mass extinction event.