Geoffrey MillerVerified account

- DOOM is imminent. We will all die horrible deaths if we don't do something right now! - Nuclear power? - Nah, I don't like it. Feels impure. Something else please.

And talking nuclear energy...

Mainstream media is driven by zero-sum attention economics. They care about what drives clicks, not what they think the public should be concerned about.

Not necessarily. Social norms are powerful and if the rest of society continues on like nothing is wrong, mainstream media could only push things so far without losing their audience. N.B. I'd say it's an existential threat to our civilization, not to our species.

And the Obama's wouldnt have bought a home on an island.

But there’s so *many* existential threats to juggle: the President, Republicans, white supremacy and transphobia to name a few.

That’s a bad and losing argument. Assuming these petulant children in the media would do anything logical is a mistake. They’re like a school of fish, there’s no rhyme or reason to their moves