1] I like to think of myself as a rational person. Someone skeptical of behavioral or cultural change. A believer in economic incentives.
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2] And so I am not surprised by the actions of corporations, of my and other governments, of the vast majority of people who have to choose between taking care of those they love and working on problems that feed their heart.
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3] But I have been shocked by the lack of a tsunami of the best human capital to work on this problem. From those who are capable of absorbing the financial cost. Frankly, I am shocked by my fellow Williams students, shocked by my former Bain colleagues, shocked by my VC friends.
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From my own experience, it's a combo of 1) the climate crisis is VERY hard to face; many know it's bad, but don't *really* know how bad it is. And they feel disconnected, don't know what to do, 2) the culture doesn't treat this as an emergency, everything seems relatively "ok."
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But people are waking up. Rapidly. There is a huge cultural shift underway as we speak (er, type).
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