"Is there any hope on climate change, or are we just screwed?"
The wonkiest piece you'll ever read on this subject, by @drvox.
(I can't stop thinking about S curves & rapid change —the “tipping points” which make the "once implausible inevitable.")
https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2018/12/28/18156094/conditional-optimism-climate-change …
"Things can appear stable for years and years while tensions gather beneath the surface, hairline fractures develop, and the whole system becomes highly sensitive to small perturbations. (The butterfly flaps its wings and causes a hurricane, etc.)"