Heat will be the engine of this transformation.
He fulfilled the contract; he explained how heat kills, and how heat is creeping up on our lives and the world around us.
But he also missed: he gestured towards the real problem, but didn't confront it. The problem isn't the heat, but the astonishing fact that we've let it get out of control. And even more, that we're simply failing to respond adequately to the crisis. We don't even agree it's a crisis, or even real.
The problem is one in human social cognition.
He missed the crux.
