yup. we&#x27;re putting CO2 into the atmosphere at a ridiculous and ever-increasing rate. 40 gigatons of CO2 last year -- that&#x27;s around 5 tons of CO2 &#x2F; (person * year), assuming a fantasy version of the world where we&#x27;re all contributing an equal amount of pollution.<p>it&#x27;s not just &quot;the economy&quot;, it is (people) * (polluting affluent lifestyles). that said, it doesn&#x27;t help that the people with the bulk of the wealth and political power are the ones that perceive they have the most to lose if the status quo changes.<p>it also doesn&#x27;t help that it is very difficult to stay focused on longer-term problems, while society tends to focus on playing the game for short term wins. invest, speculate, profit.<p>it&#x27;ll be an interesting few decades. hopefully we realise that ideas that served us well in the past are context-dependent, and the context is changing.