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Dorian Gray's avatar

If you are active on those reddit posts, please remind your communities, that it had been predicted that we could not feed the growing world population in the 1970s https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-didnt-first-earth-days-predictions-come-true-its-complicated-180958820/

We also successfully transitioned away from CFCs I think in the '90 avoiding another disaster.

The only way to drive mass change of attitudes is an existential threat and a punch in the gut (some evidence). The evidence is showing up now, the technology is improved, and the threat is starting to be taken seriously.

It's going to be a rocky ride but it is impossible to predict the future.

And my view is if you can't predict future, you should at least plan as though there will be one.

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wratfink's avatar

I have long ago retired. and now draw SS. If you buy your home young (a fixer-upper), stay out of most debt and pay off your mortgage ahead of time, you may be OK.

No guarantees, but when I was young, I also felt that there would be no SS left for me...but here 30 years later, it continues to work.

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