civilizational collapse presents an interesting multi-polar trap: if you act according to a realistic assessment of reality, you get outcompeted or marginalised by deniers. which means you tend to do better ignoring the signs of collapse, until some critical number can't anymore

— zbracisz (@zacbracz) September 29, 2020

That’s the bind we’re in with climate change. Nearly everyone is effectively a denier, until they can’t be. Then it’ll be too late.