Hank: long term, humanity will handle its big problems (2020)

prediction · status: unresolved · last event: predicted (2020-08-21) · owner: Hank

date	event	what	video
2020-08-21	predicted	In the description Hank says humans are hyper-adaptable problem-solving machines and long term we've got this, though there will be a lot of bad along the way.	The Water's Getting Warm video description

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4 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).

2020-08-21 · The Water's Getting Warm — Hank: If collective means everyone contributes and can affect it, however slightly, through their actions, then maybe global warming is the first large-scale collective problem the world has faced. (hedged) — 00:00:29
2020-08-21 · The Water's Getting Warm — Hank: If that is true, Hank tells John, we now have a second such problem, the pandemic, which we could have done without. (playful) — 00:00:29
2020-08-21 · The Water's Getting Warm — Hank hated the early talk that COVID would be a positive for the environment. — 00:00:29
2020-08-21 · The Water's Getting Warm — Hank: Often overlooked: overcoming climate change requires prosperity, a world with enough for people to be safe and happy and resources to free ourselves from the carbon economy. — 00:00:29