Roberts: Mammalian evolution makes humans ill-equipped to emotionally process climate change
David Roberts · Adam McKay on how to make a movie about climate change · Jan 20, 2022 · at 16:28
David Roberts, host of Volts, explains the cognitive and evolutionary barriers humans face when grappling with climate change.
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“We're evolved creatures who are evolved to care about things within a certain space around us and on a certain timescale, right? We're just mammals. That means close proximity and relatively short timescales. And climate is huge and far away and slow.”
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