Don't even think about it
why our brains are wired to ignore climate change
by Marshall, George · first published 2014
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The director of the Climate Outreach and Information Network explores the psychological mechanism that enables people to ignore the dangers of climate change, using sidebars, cartoons and engaging stories from his years of research to reveal how humans are wired to primarily respond to visible threats.
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Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change by George Marshall. It's not the most cheerful book I've read though.
on “Ask HN: What is the best book on the climate problem and solutions?” ↗Climate change does make for difficult reading, I just finished Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change by George Marshall. It was a fascinating read but pretty grim.
on “Ask HN: What book that you read in 2015 significantly affected how you think?” ↗…our cognitive blind spots, our love of storytelling, our fear of death, and our deepest instincts to defend our family and tribe". [1] https://skepticalscience.com/argument.php [2] George Marshall - Don't Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change
on “The World Bakes Under Extreme Heat” ↗