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“…Trump’s election was the dagger in my heart.” -- David Suzuki
Needless to say, the destruction of habitat can easily lead to the end of species.
I have followed great environmentalist/activist/scientist David Suzuki off-and-on for decades. And I know how easy it is, as we age, to become increasingly pessimistic about the state of the world…. but with age also comes wisdom and the ability to cut through blather and miscellany and excuses to see raw truths (I'm not sure which is the case for Suzuki). Here, accomplished physicist John Baez admits he must re-consider his own hope and thoughts about the future given the increasing pessimism of now 89-yr-old Suzuki:
https://johncarlosbaez.wordpress.com/2025/07/06/david-suzuki-on-climate-change
A ‘precautionary approach’ would say to assume the pessimistic view is accurate — there is more downside to failing to act on it (if it is true) than the downside from acting upon it if it turns out to be false. (though, if Suzuki is correct we may already be too late, having dithered away the decades.... or, maybe Musk will re-seed humanity on Mars, as Earth is trashed :(
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