“… in the mid-2030s, the Derangement, respectively capitalized, came into general usage as shorthand for the usual list of global heatings consequences, a litany that wearied activists and skeptics alike. The term suggests, not only madness, but the vengeful fury of weather systems. There was also a hint at collective responsibility for our innate cognitive bias in favour of short term comfort over long term benefits. Humanity itself was Deranged. The term did not stretch to include the related metaphysical gloom, the collapse of belief in a future, or more specifically the fading of a belief in progress.”
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Ian McEwan,
What We Can Know
