Why we need to treat Earth like a spaceship

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Why we need to treat Earth like a spaceship

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Climate@slrpnk.netEnglish · 21 days ago

Climate science is the anti-myth. Researchers have long noted that the human brain struggles with psychologically distant threats.

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Well. If you think about it, it kind of is

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