We Are the Weather: Saving the Planet Begins at Breakfast

by Jonathan Safran Foer

If a cabal of evil psychologists had concocted climate change as the perfect catastrophe to destroy our species, they might have thrown in MSNBC, social media, and hybrid cars for good measure, each of which can provide a feeling of engagement at the expense of engagement, in much the same way that selfies can make us feel present at the expense of being present.