Eliot Jacobson: Climate Data, Doomerism, & Deceptive Expectations

Last Born In The Wilderness

This is a segment of episode 356 of Last Born In The Wilderness, “Off The Charts: Climate Data, Doomerism, & Deceptive Expectations w/ Eliot Jacobson.” Listen to the full episode: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com/episodes/eliot-jacobson Learn more about Eliot Jacobson’s work: https://climatecasino.net Climate science communicators like Eliot Jacobson have taken it upon themselves to gather numerous points of data and present it in easy to comprehend graphs and descriptions. It becomes clear what the trends show, and how rapidly the habitability of the planet is disintegrating. The stresses of global heating, and broader attacks on the living systems of the earth, are propelling the sixth mass extinction event forward and outward at neck breaking speed. For most days this past year, it has been difficult to keep up with all the information coming in, but in many ways, Jacobson’s comprehensive data sets and analysis of broader climate trends gives us a grounded view of where we are in all of this, and what it portends in the years to come. In light of this reality, how do we position ourselves? How do we understand ourselves? How do we cope? How do we live? What the hell do we do? Great and difficult questions bear down on us, and if contemplated enough, we do not necessarily arrive at clear solutions. The set of problems producing climate disruption are, in fact, a predicament, one we will not be able to extricate ourselves from. Eliot Jacobson and I, in this hour together, discuss this predicament within that framing, discussing where hope fits in this—if it even fits at all. Eliot Jacobson, PhD is a retired professor of mathematics and computer science, retired casino consultant, now a full-time volunteer, husband and grandfather. WEBSITE: https://www.lastborninthewilderness.com PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lastborninthewilderness DONATE: https://www.paypal.me/lastbornpodcast SUBSTACK: https://lastborninthewilderness.substack.com BOOK LIST: https://bookshop.org/shop/lastbornpodcast DROP ME A LINE: Call [phone] or http://bit.ly/LBWfiledrop EVERYTHING ELSE: https://linktr.ee/patterns.of.behavior