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“Why didn’t scientists warn us?”

James Beam

@beammath.com

30 Aug

Fair but this feels a bit looking backward to cast blame. Might I suggest exercising influence instead of shaming.

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@eroja.bsky.social

31 Aug

What shape do you expect influence to take

James Beam

@beammath.com

Influence means asking what actually changes the trajectory. Scientists warned us. Why didn’t the warning produce sufficient action? What can we build, communicate, or organize differently now? I’m more interested in answering those questions than assigning blame.

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@eroja.bsky.social

31 Aug

Call it blame or accountability. If decades of warnings didn't work we need to be more assertive. Appeal to responsibility. Make it clear we all are in the same planet and weather is chaotic, selfishness won't shelter anyone against the effects of climate change.

James Beam

@beammath.com

31 Aug

I think we agree on the stakes. Where I’m curious is what “more assertive” looks like if decades of warning and moral appeal haven’t been enough. How do we turn our interdependence from something people are told about into something they can see, feel, and act upon?